List of SaaS Companies to Research
SaaS Companies Have Been Top Performers
The tech rally continues and one of the best ways to gain exposure to the potential upside is by investing in Software as a Service companies (SaaS).
The SaaS business model has attracted so much capital over the years the the average public company has gone from trading at 4 times sales to 15 times sales. The most expensive SaaS company to date is Zoom (ZM) at over 100 times sales. (Note on historical valuations: during the 2000 tech bubble it was common for companies to be in bubble territory at just 10 times sales.)
source: https://www.saas-capital.com/the-saas-capital-index/
The huge out performance of these shares has been a combination of rapid revenue growth (which is recurring with a high renewal rate) and a rapid expansion of the revenue multiple that investors are willing to pay.
source: https://www.saas-capital.com/the-saas-capital-index/
Four Attractive Saas Companies
1. Blackline - BL
BlackLine, Inc. is a holding company. The Company provides cloud-based software platform that is designed to automate and streamline accounting and finance operations. Its platform supports accounting processes, such as the financial close, account reconciliation, intercompany accounting and controls assurance. Its platform consists of seven core cloud-based products, including Account Reconciliation, Task Management, Transaction Matching, Journal Entry, Variance Analysis, Consolidation Integrity Manager and Daily Reconciliation. The Company's solutions include Reconciliation Management and Financial Close Management and Insights. It operates through two geographical regions, which include the United States and International. As of December 31, 2016, its software integrated with, and obtained data from, more than 30 various enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including NetSuite, Oracle and Workday, as well as many other financial systems and applications.
2. AutoDesk - ADSK
Autodesk, Inc. is a design software and services company, offering customers productive business solutions through technology products and services. The Company's segments include Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), Platform Solutions and Emerging Business (PSEB), Manufacturing (MFG), and Media and Entertainment (M&E). The Company serves customers in the architecture, engineering and construction; product design and manufacturing; and digital media and entertainment industries. The Company's product development and manufacturing software provides manufacturers in automotive, transportation, industrial machinery, consumer products and building products with digital engineering solutions. The Company's product offerings include, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, Industry Collections, 3ds Max, Maya, Revit, Inventor, AutoCAD Civil three dimensional (3D), CAM Solutions, Fusion 360, BIM 360 and Shotgun.
3. Splunk Inc - SPLK
Splunk Inc. (Splunk) is engaged in the development and marketing of software solutions. The Company's offerings enable users to collect, index, search, explore, monitor and analyze data. Its offerings address diverse data sets that are referred to as big data and are specifically used for machine data. Machine data is produced by various software application and electronic devices in an organization and contains a definitive, time-stamped record of various activities, such as transactions, customer and user activities and security threats. Its products help users in various roles, including information technology (IT), security and business professionals, to analyze their machine data and achieve real-time visibility into and intelligence about their organization's operations. In addition, the Company offers user behavioral analytics to help detect, respond to and mitigate advanced, hidden and insider threats. The Company offers Splunk Enterprise, which is a machine data platform.
4. Zendesk Inc - ZEN
Zendesk, Inc. (Zendesk) is a software development company. The Zendesk family of products is built to work together to help organizations understand and manage customer relationships. All Zendesk products share a common interface and are being developed to support a shared services infrastructure and common customer data platform. Zendesk's products are developed using agile software techniques, and are designed to incorporate and innovate on customer feedback obtained through beta and Early Access Programs (EAPs). Its family of products includes Zendesk Support, Zendesk Chat, Zendesk Talk, Zendesk Help Center, Zendesk Message, Zendesk Explore and Zendesk Connect. Zendesk's developer platform allows organizations to extend the functionality of its family of products and customize the experience for their employees and customers. Key components of Zendesk's developer platform include Zendesk Embeddables, Zendesk application program interfaces (APIs) and Zendesk Applications.
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