NOW vs. ORCL, FTNT, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and ADBE
Should you be buying ServiceNow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServiceNow include Oracle (ORCL), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and Adobe (ADBE).
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
ServiceNow presently has a consensus price target of $814.48, indicating a potential upside of 23.98%. Oracle has a consensus price target of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 11.58%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
ServiceNow has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock 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.
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 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.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 14 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for ServiceNow and 28 mentions for Oracle. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.70 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 42.8% of Oracle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ServiceNow beats Oracle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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