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Unity Software (U) Competitors

$18.27
+0.05 (+0.27%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

U vs. MSTR, ANSS, TTWO, NET, MDB, PTC, MBLY, TYL, RBLX, and NTNX

Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Cloudflare (NET), MongoDB (MDB), PTC (PTC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Roblox (RBLX), and Nutanix (NTNX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Unity Software vs.

Unity Software (NYSE:U) and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 1 more articles in the media than Unity Software. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for MicroStrategy and 22 mentions for Unity Software. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Unity Software's score of 0.15 indicating that MicroStrategy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unity Software
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MicroStrategy
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Unity Software has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MicroStrategy has a beta of 3, suggesting that its share price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Unity Software currently has a consensus target price of $35.38, suggesting a potential upside of 93.66%. MicroStrategy has a consensus target price of $1,793.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.61%. Given Unity Software's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Unity Software is more favorable than MicroStrategy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unity Software
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.32
MicroStrategy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MicroStrategy received 315 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Unity SoftwareOutperform Votes
85
48.57%
Underperform Votes
90
51.43%
MicroStrategyOutperform Votes
400
62.21%
Underperform Votes
243
37.79%

MicroStrategy has a net margin of -17.40% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -40.11%. Unity Software's return on equity of -7.73% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unity Software-40.11% -7.73% -3.47%
MicroStrategy -17.40%-8.37%-2.92%

MicroStrategy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unity Software. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unity Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unity Software$2.19B3.26-$822.01M-$2.24-8.16
MicroStrategy$496.26M54.50$429.12M-$6.70-227.54

73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MicroStrategy beats Unity Software on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding U and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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U vs. The Competition

MetricUnity SoftwarePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.14B$21.11B$21.73B$17.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.14%2.69%3.50%
P/E Ratio-8.1654.94212.8423.13
Price / Sales3.268.15534.7310.18
Price / Cash33.8067.4630.9619.14
Price / Book2.248.716.525.90
Net Income-$822.01M$365.37M$632.14M$976.46M
7 Day Performance-5.82%-3.20%-0.69%0.62%
1 Month Performance-24.39%-4.02%1.93%3.61%
1 Year Performance-41.06%4.85%26.74%20.81%

Unity Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSTR
MicroStrategy
3.2979 of 5 stars
$1,618.70
-3.4%
$1,793.00
+10.8%
+408.3%$28.72B$496.26M-241.601,934Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ANSS
ANSYS
3.8113 of 5 stars
$322.44
-1.7%
$320.00
-0.8%
-1.8%$28.15B$2.27B64.756,200Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TTWO
Take-Two Interactive Software
4.5635 of 5 stars
$159.68
+1.8%
$177.22
+11.0%
+16.5%$27.37B$5.35B-7.2612,371
NET
Cloudflare
4.785 of 5 stars
$75.22
+1.8%
$91.87
+22.1%
-2.8%$25.56B$1.39B-141.923,682Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
News Coverage
MDB
MongoDB
4.5921 of 5 stars
$333.99
-0.6%
$444.57
+33.1%
-19.7%$24.32B$1.68B-134.675,037Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
PTC
PTC
4.6208 of 5 stars
$177.31
-1.3%
$200.64
+13.2%
+30.5%$21.22B$2.10B74.197,231Insider Selling
MBLY
Mobileye Global
3.6568 of 5 stars
$26.02
-1.8%
$39.82
+53.0%
-42.6%$20.98B$2.08B-123.903,700Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.4237 of 5 stars
$475.40
-0.8%
$519.09
+9.2%
+20.4%$20.19B$1.95B107.567,300Positive News
RBLX
Roblox
2.8303 of 5 stars
$33.11
+0.5%
$41.76
+26.1%
-20.2%$19.58B$2.80B-17.802,457Insider Selling
NTNX
Nutanix
4.5897 of 5 stars
$73.29
+2.1%
$68.54
-6.5%
+85.2%$17.91B$1.86B-203.586,450Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage

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