ORCL vs. NOW, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SNPS, ASML, AMD, QCOM, CSCO, and TMUS
Should you be buying Oracle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oracle include ServiceNow (NOW), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), ASML (ASML), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and T-Mobile US (TMUS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
ServiceNow has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.8% of Oracle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Oracle had 9 more articles in the media than ServiceNow. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Oracle and 35 mentions for ServiceNow. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.58 indicating that ServiceNow is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 20.27%. ServiceNow's return on equity of 336.11% beat Oracle's return on equity.
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.
ServiceNow presently has a consensus price target of $808.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Oracle has a consensus price target of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 7.47%. Given ServiceNow's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oracle is more favorable than ServiceNow.
Summary
ServiceNow and Oracle tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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