CDNS vs. CRWD, PLTR, DDOG, EA, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SNPS, WDAY, and ADSK
Should you be buying Cadence Design Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadence Design Systems include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Datadog (DDOG), Electronic Arts (EA), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), and Autodesk (ADSK).
Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 38 more articles in the media than Cadence Design Systems. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for CrowdStrike and 15 mentions for Cadence Design Systems. Cadence Design Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.66 indicating that Cadence Design Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cadence Design Systems has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.9% of Cadence Design Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cadence Design Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cadence Design Systems currently has a consensus target price of $331.11, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $373.95, suggesting a potential upside of 19.22%. Given CrowdStrike's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Cadence Design Systems.
Cadence Design Systems has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Cadence Design Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cadence Design Systems has a net margin of 25.68% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 2.92%. Cadence Design Systems' return on equity of 32.44% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.
Cadence Design Systems received 121 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave Cadence Design Systems an outperform vote while only 67.67% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.
Summary
Cadence Design Systems beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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