Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI – Get Free Report) and Workiva (NYSE:WK – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Consensus Cloud Solutions and Workiva, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Consensus Cloud Solutions | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Workiva | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.73 |
Consensus Cloud Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $41.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.84%. Workiva has a consensus price target of $87.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.25%. Given Consensus Cloud Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Consensus Cloud Solutions is more favorable than Workiva.
Profitability
This table compares Consensus Cloud Solutions and Workiva’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Consensus Cloud Solutions | 26.69% | 502.63% | 13.83% |
| Workiva | 4.87% | -140.17% | 3.74% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
93.9% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Workiva shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Consensus Cloud Solutions and Workiva”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Consensus Cloud Solutions | $354.67 million | 1.83 | $84.53 million | $4.94 | 7.16 |
| Workiva | $884.57 million | 4.79 | -$26.17 million | $0.82 | 92.05 |
Consensus Cloud Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Workiva. Consensus Cloud Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workiva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Consensus Cloud Solutions has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workiva has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Consensus Cloud Solutions beats Workiva on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Consensus Cloud Solutions
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information delivery services with a software-as-a-service platform worldwide. The company offers eFax Corporate, a digital cloud-fax technology; Unite, a single platform that allows the user to choose between various protocols to send and receive healthcare information and can integrate into an existing electronic health record system or stand-alone if no EHR is present. It also offers jsign, an electronic and digital signature solution; Conductor, an interface engine and interoperability platform that provides integration technology; Clarity that transforms unstructured documents into structured actionable data; and eFax, an online faxing solution, as well as other products under the MyFax, MetroFax, Sfax, and SRfax brands. In addition, the company provides ECFax, an Corporate eFax. It serves healthcare, government, financial services, law, and education sectors. Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
About Workiva
Workiva Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based reporting solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers Workiva platform, a multi-tenant cloud software that provides data linking capabilities; audit trail services; administrators access management; and allows customers to connect data from multiple enterprise resource planning, human capital management, and customer relationship management systems, as well as other third-party cloud and on-premise applications. It serves public and private companies, government agencies, and higher-education institutions. Workiva Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Ames, Iowa.
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