PANW vs. CRWD, FTNT, ZS, NET, LDOS, QCOM, CSCO, MSI, JNPR, and FFIV
Should you be buying Palo Alto Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palo Alto Networks include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Fortinet (FTNT), Zscaler (ZS), Cloudflare (NET), Leidos (LDOS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and F5 (FFIV).
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Palo Alto Networks received 1687 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.67% of users gave Palo Alto Networks an outperform vote while only 67.67% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.
71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Palo Alto Networks has a net margin of 31.42% compared to Palo Alto Networks' net margin of 2.92%. CrowdStrike's return on equity of 32.74% beat Palo Alto Networks' return on equity.
Palo Alto Networks has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Palo Alto Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 17 more articles in the media than Palo Alto Networks. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for CrowdStrike and 36 mentions for Palo Alto Networks. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Palo Alto Networks' score of 0.66 indicating that Palo Alto Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palo Alto Networks has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CrowdStrike currently has a consensus price target of $373.95, suggesting a potential upside of 19.22%. Palo Alto Networks has a consensus price target of $322.78, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Palo Alto Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Palo Alto Networks.
Summary
Palo Alto Networks beats CrowdStrike on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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