VEEV vs. SNPS, CDNS, SHOP, CRWD, NTES, PLTR, SNOW, ADSK, TEAM, and SQ
Should you be buying Veeva Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeva Systems include Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Snowflake (SNOW), Autodesk (ADSK), Atlassian (TEAM), and Block (SQ). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) and Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Synopsys has a net margin of 23.05% compared to Veeva Systems' net margin of 22.34%. Synopsys' return on equity of 22.66% beat Veeva Systems' return on equity.
Veeva Systems presently has a consensus target price of $228.65, suggesting a potential upside of 31.22%. Synopsys has a consensus target price of $616.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.88%. Given Veeva Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than Synopsys.
88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Synopsys shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Synopsys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synopsys has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Synopsys received 112 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.21% of users gave Synopsys an outperform vote while only 69.63% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote.
Synopsys has higher revenue and earnings than Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synopsys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Veeva Systems had 23 more articles in the media than Synopsys. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Veeva Systems and 18 mentions for Synopsys. Synopsys' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Veeva Systems' score of 0.26 indicating that Synopsys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Synopsys beats Veeva Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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