TomTom (OTCMKTS:TMOAY) versus Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) Head to Head Comparison

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and TomTom (OTCMKTS:TMOAY) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adobe	$23.77 billion	4.60	$7.13 billion	$17.48	15.75
TomTom	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.06	39.69

Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than TomTom. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TomTom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adobe	28.69%	65.11%	25.60%
TomTom	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adobe	5	21	7	0	2.06
TomTom	0	0	0	0	0.00

Adobe presently has a consensus target price of $270.96, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Adobe’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than TomTom.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

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

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.

About TomTom

TomTom NV is engaged in the developing of location technology including maps, navigation software, real-time traffic information, and other services. It operates through the following segments: Location Technology and Consumer. The Location Technology segment is involved in the developing and selling of location based application components, such as maps, services and navigation software to customers in different market segments. The Consumer segment generates revenue from the sale of portable navigation devices and mobile applications. The company was founded by Pieter Andreas Geelen, Harold Goddijn, Corinne Danièle Goddijn-Vigreux, and Peter-Frans Pauwels in 1991 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.