META vs. GOOGL, BABA, UBER, BKNG, ABNB, EQIX, SE, CSGP, EBAY, and VRSN
Should you be buying Meta Platforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Platforms include Alphabet (GOOGL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), Booking (BKNG), Airbnb (ABNB), Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), and VeriSign (VRSN).
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Alphabet has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Meta Platforms received 1999 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.67% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 80.96% of users gave Meta Platforms an outperform vote.
Meta Platforms has a net margin of 32.06% compared to Meta Platforms' net margin of 25.90%. Alphabet's return on equity of 32.03% beat Meta Platforms' return on equity.
40.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 41 more articles in the media than Meta Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 100 mentions for Alphabet and 59 mentions for Meta Platforms. Meta Platforms' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Alphabet's score of 0.53 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Platforms. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alphabet currently has a consensus price target of $191.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. Meta Platforms has a consensus price target of $509.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. Given Meta Platforms' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Meta Platforms.
Summary
Meta Platforms beats Alphabet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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