ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares ANSYS and HubSpot’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ANSYS | 27.00% | 15.33% | 12.39% |
| HubSpot | -12.44% | -17.08% | -5.04% |
Volatility and Risk
ANSYS has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
92.8% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of ANSYS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of HubSpot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares ANSYS and HubSpot’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ANSYS | $1.10 billion | 13.39 | $259.25 million | $3.61 | 48.61 |
| HubSpot | $512.98 million | 13.03 | -$63.82 million | ($1.02) | -165.45 |
ANSYS has higher revenue and earnings than HubSpot. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for ANSYS and HubSpot, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ANSYS | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2.60 |
| HubSpot | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2.56 |
ANSYS presently has a consensus target price of $174.18, indicating a potential downside of 0.74%. HubSpot has a consensus target price of $169.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.59%. Given HubSpot’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HubSpot is more favorable than ANSYS.
Summary
ANSYS beats HubSpot on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
ANSYS Company Profile
ANSYS, Inc. develops and markets engineering simulation software and services worldwide. The company offers ANSYS Workbench, a framework upon which the company’s engineering simulation technologies are built; ANSYS multiphysics software to simulate the interactions between structures, heat transfer, fluids, and electronics in a unified engineering simulation environment; and structural analysis product suite that provides simulation tools for product design and optimization. It also provides fluids product suite that enables modeling of fluid flow and other related physical phenomena; electronics product suite, which provides field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products; and power analysis and optimization software suite. In addition, the company offers power analysis and optimization software suite that manages the power budget, power delivery integrity, and power-induced noise in an electronic design; SCADE product suite, a solution for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification; system simulation capability for the design of automated products; and high-performance computing product suite, which delivers cross-physics parallel processing capabilities for simulation software. Further, it provides Discovery product family for use in the simulation of product design; academic product suite with a portfolio of academic products based on associate, research, and teaching; ANSYS medini analyze, a suite for functional safety analysis; and ANSYS Fluent that automatically refines the mesh. The company serves engineers, designers, researchers, and students in the aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics, semiconductors, energy, materials and chemical processing, turbomachinery, consumer products, healthcare, and sports industries and academia. ANSYS, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
HubSpot Company Profile
HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, sales productivity, CRM, analytics, and reporting. The company also offers professional, and phone and email-based support services. It serves mid-market business-to-business, and B2B companies. The company markets its product through inbound go-to-market approach, marketing agency, and sales partners. HubSpot, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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