PWSC vs. CHKP, GEN, SSNC, OKTA, BSY, NTNX, DT, MANH, NICE, and DOCU
Should you be buying PowerSchool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerSchool include Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Gen Digital (GEN), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Okta (OKTA), Bentley Systems (BSY), Nutanix (NTNX), Dynatrace (DT), Manhattan Associates (MANH), NICE (NICE), and DocuSign (DOCU). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) and PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.33% compared to Check Point Software Technologies' net margin of -5.37%. PowerSchool's return on equity of 31.42% beat Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity.
Check Point Software Technologies received 846 more outperform votes than PowerSchool when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote.
Check Point Software Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than PowerSchool. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Check Point Software Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PowerSchool had 1 more articles in the media than Check Point Software Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PowerSchool and 10 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Check Point Software Technologies' score of 0.25 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.6% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of PowerSchool shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PowerSchool shares are owned 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.
Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerSchool has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $169.18, suggesting a potential upside of 12.41%. PowerSchool has a consensus target price of $25.44, suggesting a potential upside of 18.68%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PowerSchool is more favorable than Check Point Software Technologies.
Summary
Check Point Software Technologies beats PowerSchool on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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