CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) vs. Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) Critical Contrast

Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) and CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Paycor HCM and CyberArk Software’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paycor HCM	-6.72%	3.41%	1.63%
CyberArk Software	1.38%	2.29%	0.99%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Paycor HCM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are held 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.

Risk and Volatility

Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Paycor HCM and CyberArk Software, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paycor HCM	0	9	7	0	2.44
CyberArk Software	0	1	26	0	2.96

Paycor HCM presently has a consensus target price of $19.31, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. CyberArk Software has a consensus target price of $328.37, indicating a potential upside of 1.50%. Given Paycor HCM’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Paycor HCM is more favorable than CyberArk Software.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Paycor HCM and CyberArk Software”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paycor HCM	$654.95 million	4.95	-$58.94 million	($0.26)	-69.46
CyberArk Software	$751.89 million	18.75	-$66.50 million	$0.27	1,198.23

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

Summary

CyberArk Software beats Paycor HCM on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paycor HCM

Paycor HCM, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) human capital management (HCM) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) primarily in the United States. It offers cloud-native platform to address the comprehensive people management needs of SMB leaders. The company's SaaS based people management products include Cor HCM, a complete suite of HCM tools spanning HR, onboarding, payroll, compensation management, employee surveys, expenses, and reporting and analytics; Workforce Management, a solution with flexible time entry, overtime calculations, and scheduling capabilities with real-time payroll synchronization; Benefits Administration, a decision support solution to help leaders to streamline and optimize company's benefits administration; and Talent Management, an integrated compensation and performance management solution. It serves manufacturing, healthcare, restaurant, retail, professional services, nonprofit, and education industries through its direct sales teams. Paycor HCM, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

About CyberArk Software

CyberArk Software Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and sells software-based identity security solutions and services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. Its solutions include Privileged Access Manager, which offers risk-based credential security and session; Vendor Privileged Access Manager combines Privileged Access Manager and Remote Access to provide secure access to third-party vendors; Dynamic Privileged Access, a SaaS solution that provides just-in-time access to Linux Virtual Machines; Endpoint Privilege Manager, a SaaS solution that secures privileges on the endpoint; and Secure Desktop, a solution that protects access to endpoints. The company also provides workforce identity, which offers adaptive multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on, secure web sessions, workforce password management, application gateway, identity lifecycle management, and directory services; and customer identity services that provides authentication and authorization services, MFA, directory, and user management. In addition, it offers Secrets Manager Credential Providers to provide and manage the credentials used by third-party solutions; Conjur Enterprise and Conjur Cloud, which offers a secrets management solution for specific requirements; Secrets Hub, a centralized visibility and management platform; Cloud Security solutions; Identity Management solutions, including lifecycle management, identity flows, identity compliance, and directory services; and Secure Browser. The company serves financial services, manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, energy and utilities, transportation, retail, technology, and telecommunications industries; and government agencies. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.