PCTY vs. PAYC, GWRE, ESTC, CSOD, APPN, HUBS, VEEV, MSTR, ANSS, and TTWO
Should you be buying Paylocity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paylocity include Paycom Software (PAYC), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Elastic (ESTC), Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Appian (APPN), HubSpot (HUBS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).
Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Paylocity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than Paylocity. Paycom Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paylocity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paycom Software received 152 more outperform votes than Paylocity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.64% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Paycom Software presently has a consensus target price of $246.31, indicating a potential upside of 69.50%. Paylocity has a consensus target price of $196.40, indicating a potential upside of 38.14%. Given Paylocity's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than Paylocity.
In the previous week, Paycom Software had 11 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Paycom Software and 8 mentions for Paylocity. Paycom Software's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Paylocity's score of 0.66 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to Paycom Software's net margin of 14.42%. Paylocity's return on equity of 32.84% beat Paycom Software's return on equity.
Paycom Software has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paylocity has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Paycom Software beats Paylocity on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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