Head-To-Head Review: Triple P (OTCMKTS:TPPPF) & Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE)

Triple P (OTCMKTS:TPPPF) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of Triple P shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Triple P and Adobe’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triple P	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adobe	30.00%	61.28%	25.25%

Risk & Volatility

Triple P has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Triple P and Adobe”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triple P	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adobe	$23.77 billion	6.21	$7.13 billion	$16.71	21.09

Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Triple P.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Triple P and Adobe, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triple P	0	0	0	0	0.00
Adobe	3	11	14	1	2.45

Adobe has a consensus price target of $417.93, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Given Adobe’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Triple P.

Summary

Adobe beats Triple P on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Triple P

Triple P. N.V. provides information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure solutions. Its services include ICT security, cloud, managed services, managed IP telephony, professional services, business continuity, unified communications, and cloud migration. The company serves care, education, government, and commercial services sectors. Triple P. N.V. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.

About Adobe

Adobe Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified software company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Digital Media, Digital Experience, and Publishing and Advertising. The Digital Media segment offers products, services, and solutions that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to create, publish, and promote content; and Document Cloud, a unified cloud-based document services platform. Its flagship product is Creative Cloud, a subscription service that allows members to access its creative products. This segment serves content creators, students, workers, marketers, educators, enthusiasts, and communicators. The Digital Experience segment provides an integrated platform and set of applications and services that enable brands and businesses to create, manage, execute, measure, monetize, and optimize customer experiences from analytics to commerce. This segment serves marketers, advertisers, agencies, publishers, merchandisers, merchants, web analysts, data scientists, developers, and executives across the C-suite. The Publishing and Advertising segment offers products and services, such as e-learning solutions, technical document publishing, web conferencing, document and forms platform, web application development, and high-end printing, as well as Advertising Cloud offerings. It also provides consulting, technical support, and learning services. The company offers its products and services directly to enterprise customers through its sales force and local field offices, as well as to end users through app stores and through its website at adobe.com. It also distributes products and services through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, software vendors and developers, retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Adobe Systems Incorporated and changed its name to Adobe Inc. in October 2018. Adobe Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.