COIN vs. SQ, PYPL, GPN, SYF, AFRM, BILL, DLO, MQ, AXP, and TFC
Should you be buying Coinbase Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coinbase Global include Block (SQ), PayPal (PYPL), Global Payments (GPN), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Affirm (AFRM), BILL (BILL), DLocal (DLO), Marqeta (MQ), American Express (AXP), and Truist Financial (TFC).
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) and Block (NYSE:SQ) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Coinbase Global currently has a consensus price target of $200.63, suggesting a potential upside of 0.56%. Block has a consensus price target of $87.59, suggesting a potential upside of 25.53%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 26 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Coinbase Global and 19 mentions for Block. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Block's score of 0.35 indicating that Coinbase Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Block received 1294 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 42.96% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Block's net margin of 2.18%. Coinbase Global's return on equity of 9.42% beat Block's return on equity.
Coinbase Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Block. Coinbase Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Block, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.46, indicating that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. 33.2% of Coinbase Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Block shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Coinbase Global and Block tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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