ORCL vs. NOW, FTNT, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and ADBE
Should you be buying Oracle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oracle include ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and Adobe (ADBE).
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 12 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for ServiceNow and 26 mentions for Oracle. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.64 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oracle presently has a consensus target price of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 11.58%. ServiceNow has a consensus target price of $814.48, indicating a potential upside of 23.98%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
Oracle received 758 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.63% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.09% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. 42.8% of Oracle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held 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.
Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oracle has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Oracle's net margin of 20.27%. Oracle's return on equity of 336.11% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
Summary
ServiceNow beats Oracle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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