F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) and monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY – Get Free Report) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares F5 and monday.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| F5 | 22.06% | 21.77% | 12.17% |
| monday.com | 3.63% | 6.32% | 3.84% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for F5 and monday.com, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| F5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2.23 |
| monday.com | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2.85 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares F5 and monday.com”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| F5 | $2.82 billion | 6.09 | $566.78 million | $11.35 | 26.29 |
| monday.com | $1.10 billion | 9.11 | $32.37 million | $0.74 | 266.77 |
F5 has higher revenue and earnings than monday.com. F5 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than monday.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
F5 has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, monday.com has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of monday.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of F5 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of monday.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
monday.com beats F5 on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About F5
F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
About monday.com
monday.com Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops software applications in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company provides Work OS, a cloud-based visual work operating system that consists of modular building blocks used and assembled to create software applications and work management tools. Its products include monday work management that manages workflows, projects, and portfolios for team collaboration and productivity; monday sales CRM, whcih tracks and manages various sales cycle; monday dev that builds agile product and software development workflows; WorkCanvas, a digital whiteboard; and WorkForms, which allows users to create personalized forms or surveys and gain organizational insights. It serves organizations, educational or government institution, and distinct business unit of an organization. The company was formerly known as DaPulse Labs Ltd. and changed its name to monday.com Ltd. in December 2017. monday.com Ltd. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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