U vs. NET, RBLX, PTC, TYL, MBLY, CHKP, MDB, GEN, SSNC, and OKTA
Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), PTC (PTC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), MongoDB (MDB), Gen Digital (GEN), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Okta (OKTA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Unity Software (NYSE:U) and Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Cloudflare received 88 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.03% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote while only 48.86% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cloudflare had 10 more articles in the media than Unity Software. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cloudflare and 11 mentions for Unity Software. Unity Software's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cloudflare's score of 0.59 indicating that Unity Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cloudflare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unity Software. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unity Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unity Software currently has a consensus target price of $34.79, indicating a potential upside of 93.57%. Cloudflare has a consensus target price of $90.70, indicating a potential upside of 26.49%. Given Unity Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Unity Software is more favorable than Cloudflare.
73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unity Software has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cloudflare has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cloudflare has a net margin of -13.10% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -40.11%. Unity Software's return on equity of -7.73% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.
Summary
Cloudflare beats Unity Software on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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