PINS vs. SNAP, ZM, BIDU, TTD, BZ, GLW, WIT, ANSS, HPQ, and GFS
Should you be buying Pinterest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinterest include Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Baidu (BIDU), Trade Desk (TTD), Kanzhun (BZ), Corning (GLW), Wipro (WIT), ANSYS (ANSS), HP (HPQ), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Snap received 835 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 18 more articles in the media than Snap. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Pinterest and 14 mentions for Snap. Snap's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Pinterest's score of 0.65 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
47.5% of Snap shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinterest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Snap has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Snap presently has a consensus price target of $14.79, indicating a potential downside of 7.63%. Pinterest has a consensus price target of $41.26, indicating a potential downside of 1.75%. Given Snap's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Snap.
Pinterest has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -26.99%. Snap's return on equity of 5.93% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Summary
Pinterest beats Snap on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PINS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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