Talend S.A. (NASDAQ:TLND) and MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) compete against each other in the Application Software sector. We will contrast them and contrast their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Talend S.A.	204.32M	6.76	40.36M	-1.36	0.00
MicroStrategy Incorporated	497.64M	2.85	22.50M	1.69	82.24

We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, gross revenue and valuation of Talend S.A. and MicroStrategy Incorporated.

Profitability

Table 2 provides the return on equity, return on assets and net margins of the two firms.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Talend S.A.	-19.75%	-150.9%	-18.7%
MicroStrategy Incorporated	4.52%	3.8%	2.5%

Liquidity

The current Quick Ratio of Talend S.A. is 1.1 while its Current Ratio is 1.1. Meanwhile, MicroStrategy Incorporated has a Current Ratio of 3 while its Quick Ratio is 3. MicroStrategy Incorporated is better positioned to pay off its short-term and long-term debts than Talend S.A.

Analyst Ratings

The Ratings and Recommendations for Talend S.A. and MicroStrategy Incorporated are featured in the next table.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talend S.A.	0	0	0	0.00
MicroStrategy Incorporated	0	0	1	3.00

Meanwhile, MicroStrategy Incorporated’s consensus price target is $200, while its potential upside is 44.80%.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

Institutional investors held 88.4% of Talend S.A. shares and 97.6% of MicroStrategy Incorporated shares. About 2.3% of Talend S.A.’s share are held by insiders. Insiders Comparatively, held 0.07% of MicroStrategy Incorporated shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Talend S.A.	0.26%	26.21%	36.52%	-25.95%	-2.51%	26.62%
MicroStrategy Incorporated	-4.71%	9.79%	9.3%	-5.74%	12.46%	9.05%

For the past year Talend S.A. was more bullish than MicroStrategy Incorporated.

Summary

On 10 of the 12 factors MicroStrategy Incorporated beats Talend S.A.

Talend S.A. provides platform to address IT integration needs in various industries. It designs and develops Talend Data Fabric, a software platform that integrates data and applications in real time across big data and cloud environments, as well as traditional systems, which allows organizations to develop a unified view of their business and customers. The companyÂ’s Talend Data Fabric platform includes data integration, big data integration, application integration, master data management, cloud integration, and self-service data preparation products. It also provides technical support; and consulting and training services. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales force, as well as indirectly through value added channel partners and resellers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Suresnes, France. Talend S.A. is a subsidiary of Talend Inc.

MicroStrategy Incorporated provides enterprise software platforms worldwide. It offers MicroStrategy Analytics platform that delivers reports and dashboards, and enables users to conduct ad hoc analysis and share insights through mobile devices or the Web; MicroStrategy Server, which provides analytical processing and job management for various reporting, analysis, and monitoring applications; MicroStrategy Web, a primary reporting interface for analysts that offers interactive reporting, dashboarding, and analysis through a Web browser; and MicroStrategy Desktop, an on-premise and single-user tool for easy-to-use self-service visual data discovery. The company also provides MicroStrategy Mobile, a vehicle for mobilizing an organizationÂ’s information systems, including its data warehouses, business intelligence, ERP, CRM, and Web applications that are accessible on the desktop; and Usher, a digital credential and identity intelligence that enable organizations to dematerialize the traditional forms of identity verification and replace them with a single mobile identity badge. In addition, it offers MicroStrategy Cloud, an integrated and optimized cloud business analytics platform that combines infrastructure, technology, people, and processes to offer analytics as a service to customers, as well as provides technical support, consulting and advisory, and education services. It serves various industries, including retail, financial services and insurance, pharmaceutical and healthcare, manufacturing, consumer goods, government, public services, restaurants, and hospitality and leisure, as well as technology, media, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia.