Sage, Intuit or Microsoft: which software giant makes our portfolio?
Sage, the UK’s largest software firm, is just one eighth of the size of its closest listed peer Intuit, which in turn is just one fifteenth of the size of the largest US software company, Microsoft. The UK has never managed to thrive in the software market to the same extent as the US and the FTSE’s biggest tech companies look like minnows in comparison to their stateside peers. But in terms of quality, growth potential and dominance in its own market, Sage can just about hold its own and that makes it just as interesting an investment proposition as its much larger American counterparts.
Same but different
Sage (LON: SGE), Intuit (US: INTU) and Microsoft (US: MSFT) all thrive off the fact that businesses need good software to operate smoothly in the digital age. The former two companies focus on software products which cover accounting, payroll, human resources, enterprise management and banking. Sage says, “it helps you connect your workforce in a new way”. Intuit says it allows customers to “prosper by delivering financial management and compliance products and…
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