WK vs. CWAN, CVLT, VERX, VRNS, ZI, FRSH, BLKB, TENB, ACIW, and BOX
Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Vertex (VERX), Varonis Systems (VRNS), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Freshworks (FRSH), Blackbaud (BLKB), Tenable (TENB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), and BOX (BOX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Workiva (NYSE:WK) and Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Clearwater Analytics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Workiva. Clearwater Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workiva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workiva has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clearwater Analytics had 1 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Clearwater Analytics and 4 mentions for Workiva. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.82 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearwater Analytics has a net margin of -3.90% compared to Workiva's net margin of -14.20%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 1.25% beat Workiva's return on equity.
Workiva received 364 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
Workiva currently has a consensus target price of $111.86, indicating a potential upside of 31.91%. Clearwater Analytics has a consensus target price of $21.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.86%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.
92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Workiva shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Workiva beats Clearwater Analytics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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