Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) & Resonate Blends (OTCMKTS:KOAN) Head-To-Head Comparison

Resonate Blends (OTCMKTS:KOAN) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.4% of Resonate Blends shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.0% of Resonate Blends shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Resonate Blends and Guidewire Software, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Resonate Blends	0	0	0	0	0.00
Guidewire Software	1	2	10	0	2.69

Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $204.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.67%. Given Guidewire Software’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guidewire Software is more favorable than Resonate Blends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Resonate Blends and Guidewire Software”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Resonate Blends	$20,000.00	9.99	-$1.42 million	($0.05)	-0.03
Guidewire Software	$980.50 million	18.08	-$6.10 million	$0.36	589.67

Resonate Blends has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Guidewire Software. Resonate Blends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guidewire Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Resonate Blends and Guidewire Software’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Resonate Blends	N/A	N/A	-80.02%
Guidewire Software	2.91%	2.38%	1.38%

Volatility & Risk

Resonate Blends has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Guidewire Software beats Resonate Blends on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Resonate Blends

Resonate Blends, Inc., a cannabis holding company, provides cannabis wellness lifestyle products. The company offers Calm to quiet the mind and ease into a gentle sense of wellbeing; Wonder, a THC offering to bring back the youthful sense; Love to reduce barriers to intimacy, stimulate personal connections, and increase tactile sensation; Create to stimulate senses, spark imagination, and channel inner muse; Play to become fully immersed in the moment and the people around; Delight to open up senses; and Sleep for helping to fall asleep. The company was formerly known as Textmunication Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Resonate Blends, Inc. in December 2019. Resonate Blends, Inc. is based in Calabasas, California.

About Guidewire Software

Guidewire Software, Inc. provides a platform for property and casualty (P&C) insurers worldwide. The company offers Guidewire InsuranceSuite Cloud, such as PolicyCenter Cloud, BillingCenter Cloud, and ClaimCenter Cloud applications. It also provides Guidewire InsuranceNow, a cloud-based platform that offers policy, billing, and claims management functionality to insurers; and Guidewire InsuranceSuite for Self-Managed. In addition, the company offers Guidewire Rating Management to manage the pricing of insurance products; and Guidewire Reinsurance Management to use rules-based logic to execute reinsurance strategy through underwriting and claims processes. Further, it provides Guidewire Underwriting Management, a cloud-based integrated business application; Guidewire AppReader, a submission intake management solution; Guidewire ClaimCenter Package for the London market supports the claims workflow used by London Market insurers and brokers; Guidewire Digital Engagement Applications, which enable insurers to provide digital experiences to customers, agents, vendors, and field personnel through their device of choice; and Guidewire for Salesforce to provide customer information regarding policies and claims. Additionally, the company offers Guidewire Predict, a P&C-specific machine-learning platform; Guidewire HazardHub that allows insurers to understand, assess, price, and manage property risk; Guidewire Canvas, Guidewire Compare, and Guidewire Explore cloud-native applications; and Guidewire Cyence, a cyber-risk economic modeling product. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.