Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD) and Endurance International Group (NASDAQ:EIGI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
93.0% of Cornerstone OnDemand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Endurance International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Cornerstone OnDemand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.6% of Endurance International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Cornerstone OnDemand and Endurance International Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cornerstone OnDemand | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Endurance International Group | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
Cornerstone OnDemand presently has a consensus price target of $62.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.99%. Endurance International Group has a consensus price target of $8.83, indicating a potential upside of 86.75%. Given Endurance International Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Endurance International Group is more favorable than Cornerstone OnDemand.
Profitability
This table compares Cornerstone OnDemand and Endurance International Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cornerstone OnDemand | -3.87% | -15.15% | -1.06% |
| Endurance International Group | 0.09% | 0.60% | 0.04% |
Risk and Volatility
Cornerstone OnDemand has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endurance International Group has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Cornerstone OnDemand and Endurance International Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cornerstone OnDemand | $537.89 million | 6.10 | -$33.84 million | ($0.23) | -239.35 |
| Endurance International Group | $1.15 billion | 0.60 | $4.53 million | $0.03 | 157.67 |
Endurance International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cornerstone OnDemand. Cornerstone OnDemand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endurance International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Endurance International Group beats Cornerstone OnDemand on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
Cornerstone OnDemand Company Profile
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides learning and human capital management software through software-as-a-service model worldwide. Its enterprise human capital management platform comprises four product suites, such as Recruiting Suite that helps organizations to attract, hire, and onboard the right employees; Learning Suite, which provides robust, a modern learning management software to supports compliance, knowledge sharing, and employee-driven development training; Performance Suite that provides tools to manage goal setting, performance reviews, competency assessments, development plans, continuous feedback, compensation management, and succession planning; and HR Administration Suite, which provides an aggregated view of all employee data with workforce planning, self-service management, and compliance reporting capabilities. The company also offers professional services, including application configuration, system integration, business process re-engineering, change management, and training. It serves business services, financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, insurance, manufacturing, retail, and technology industries. Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
Endurance International Group Company Profile
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform solutions for small-and medium-sized businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Web Presence, Domain, and Email Marketing. It offers Web hosting services, including entry-level shared hosting, and virtual private server and dedicated hosting solutions; Website building tools that enable subscribers to create a Web presence; domain registration, management, and resale services; malware protection solutions to protect subscribers’ Websites from viruses, malicious code, and other threats; and backup control solutions that enable subscribers to schedule, maintain, manage, and restore backups of their online data and Websites. The company also provides solutions that allow subscribers to have their Websites rendered on mobile devices; search engine optimization and marketing solutions; tools and services that enable subscribers to communicate with their customers and potential customers through social networks; and control panels and dashboards that offer subscribers with tools to analyze activity on their Websites. In addition, it offers email marketing solutions that enable subscribers to communicate with their customers and potential customers through email; email capabilities, including custom mailboxes that reflect a subscriber’s domain name, spam filters, email aliases, and forwarding functionality; email, collaboration, and file sharing tools; products that enable secure and encrypted payments, shopping carts, payment processing and related services, and mobile payments; platform that creates and manages digital storefront listings through one interface; and professional services and Web design services. The company also offers Blue Flash, which offers personal guidance and helps users to build their Websites. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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