FDS vs. WDAY, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, MSTR, TYL, SSNC, MANH, AZPN, and GWRE
Should you be buying FactSet Research Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FactSet Research Systems include Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), and Guidewire Software (GWRE). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) and FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
Workday has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Workday shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of 19.66%. Workday's return on equity of 34.36% beat FactSet Research Systems' return on equity.
Workday received 1094 more outperform votes than FactSet Research Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Workday an outperform vote while only 42.92% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
Workday has higher revenue and earnings than FactSet Research Systems. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Workday had 40 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Workday and 9 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. Workday's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of -0.02 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Workday presently has a consensus target price of $283.96, indicating a potential upside of 34.29%. FactSet Research Systems has a consensus target price of $437.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. Given FactSet Research Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Workday is more favorable than FactSet Research Systems.
Summary
Workday beats FactSet Research Systems on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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