Contrasting Docusign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and Intapp (NASDAQ:INTA)

Docusign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and Intapp (NASDAQ:INTA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Docusign and Intapp, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Docusign	1	15	3	0	2.11
Intapp	3	3	3	0	2.00

Docusign currently has a consensus price target of $60.27, suggesting a potential upside of 33.72%. Intapp has a consensus price target of $34.57, suggesting a potential upside of 45.32%. Given Intapp’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intapp is more favorable than Docusign.

Profitability

This table compares Docusign and Intapp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Docusign	9.59%	17.48%	8.34%
Intapp	-6.48%	-2.28%	-1.23%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

77.6% of Docusign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Intapp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Docusign shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Intapp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Docusign and Intapp”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Docusign	$3.22 billion	2.67	$309.08 million	$1.54	29.27
Intapp	$504.12 million	3.63	-$18.22 million	($0.46)	-51.72

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

Risk & Volatility

Docusign has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intapp has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Docusign beats Intapp on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Docusign

DocuSign, Inc. provides electronic signature solution in the United States and internationally. The company provides e-signature solution that enables sending and signing of agreements on various devices; Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), which automates workflows across the entire agreement process; Document Generation streamlines the process of generating new, custom agreements; and Gen for Salesforce, which allows sales representatives to automatically generate agreements with a few clicks from within Salesforce. It also provides Identify, a signer-identification option for checking government-issued IDs; Standards-Based Signatures, which support signatures that involve digital certificates; Monitor that uses advanced analytics to track DocuSign eSignature web, mobile, and API account; Notary which enables notaries public to conduct remote online notarization transactions; and Web Forms, a web forms that quickly draft agreements using pre-populated data from completed forms or external systems via APIs. In addition, the company offers Rooms for Real Estate that provides a way for brokers and agents to manage the entire real estate transaction digitally. Signature and CLM are FedRAMP, an authorized version of DocuSign eSignature for U.S. federal government agencies; and life sciences modules that support compliance with the electronic signature practices. The company sells its products through direct and partner-assisted sales, and digital self-service purchasing. DocuSign, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Intapp

Intapp, Inc., through its subsidiary, Integration Appliance, Inc., provides industry-specific cloud-based software solutions for the professional and financial services industry in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. Its solutions include DealCloud, a deal and relationship management solution that manages financial services firms' market relationships, prospective clients and investments, current engagements and deal processes, and operations and compliance activities; collaboration and content solutions, including Intapp documents, an engagement-centric document management system, and Intapp workspaces; risk and compliance management solutions, such as Intapp conflicts, Intapp intake, Intapp terms, Intapp walls, and Intapp employee compliance; and operational and financial management solutions comprising Intapp Billstream, a cloud-based automated proforma invoice solution, Intapp time, and Intapp terms. The company's solutions enable private capital, investment banking, legal, accounting, and consulting firms to realize the benefits of modern AI and cloud-based architectures for their critical business functions without compromising industry-specific functionality or regulatory compliance. It also offers strategic advisory, operational transformation, technology and digital strategy, data strategy, risk management, change management, program management, and M&A preparation; implementation services; managed services; and technical support services, as well as collaboration and integration solutions. The company sells its software on a subscription basis through a direct enterprise sales model. The company was formerly known as LegalApp Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Intapp, Inc. in February 2021. Intapp, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.