WIX vs. WUBA, YNDX, MDLA, LVGO, BIDU, PINS, SNAP, APP, ZM, and FDS
Should you be buying Wix.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wix.com include 58.com (WUBA), Yandex (YNDX), Medallia (MDLA), Livongo Health (LVGO), Baidu (BIDU), Pinterest (PINS), Snap (SNAP), AppLovin (APP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and FactSet Research Systems (FDS).
58.com (NYSE:WUBA) and Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Wix.com had 5 more articles in the media than 58.com. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Wix.com and 0 mentions for 58.com. 58.com's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Wix.com's score of 0.00 indicating that Wix.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
58.com has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wix.com has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
58.com has a net margin of 61.33% compared to 58.com's net margin of 4.20%. Wix.com's return on equity of 30.81% beat 58.com's return on equity.
58.com has higher revenue and earnings than Wix.com. 58.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wix.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.5% of 58.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Wix.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of 58.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Wix.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Wix.com has a consensus target price of $175.59, indicating a potential upside of 7.32%. Given 58.com's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wix.com is more favorable than 58.com.
Wix.com received 275 more outperform votes than 58.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave Wix.com an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave 58.com an outperform vote.
Summary
Wix.com beats 58.com on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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