Contrasting CCC Intelligent Solutions (NYSE:CCCS) and Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX)

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) and CCC Intelligent Solutions (NYSE:CCCS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Nutanix has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCC Intelligent Solutions has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.3% of Nutanix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Nutanix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Nutanix and CCC Intelligent Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutanix	-3.54%	-12.28%	3.30%
CCC Intelligent Solutions	5.02%	5.35%	3.23%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Nutanix and CCC Intelligent Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutanix	$2.32 billion	8.25	-$124.78 million	($0.28)	-254.86
CCC Intelligent Solutions	$944.80 million	6.51	-$92.48 million	$0.04	233.75

CCC Intelligent Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nutanix. Nutanix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCC Intelligent Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Nutanix and CCC Intelligent Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutanix	0	1	13	1	3.00
CCC Intelligent Solutions	0	3	5	0	2.63

Nutanix presently has a consensus price target of $87.79, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. CCC Intelligent Solutions has a consensus price target of $13.38, indicating a potential upside of 43.05%. Given CCC Intelligent Solutions’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CCC Intelligent Solutions is more favorable than Nutanix.

Summary

Nutanix beats CCC Intelligent Solutions on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nutanix

Nutanix, Inc. engages in the provision of a cloud platform leveraging web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design. It operates through the following geographic segments: United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and Other Americas. The firm also provides software solutions and cloud services to customers’ enterprise infrastructure. The company was founded by Dheeraj Pandey, Ajeet Singh, and Mohit Aron in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

About CCC Intelligent Solutions

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., operates as a software as a service company for the property and casualty insurance economy in the United States and China. The company's cloud-based software as a service platform connects trading partners, facilitates commerce, and supports mission-critical, artificial intelligence enabled digital workflow across the insurance economy, including insurers, repairers, automakers, parts suppliers, lenders and more. It offers CCC insurance solutions, including CCC workflow, CCC estimating, CCC total loss, CCC casualty, CCC subrogation, and CCC claim handling; CCC repair solutions, such as CCC network management, CCC repair workflow, and CCC repair quality; CCC other ecosystem solutions, which includes CCC parts solutions, CCC automotive manufacturer solutions, CCC diagnostics service provider solutions, and CCC payments; and CCC international solutions. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.