APP vs. TTD, BIDU, PINS, SNAP, ZM, FDS, SRAD, WIX, MTCH, and BZ
Should you be buying AppLovin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppLovin include Trade Desk (TTD), Baidu (BIDU), Pinterest (PINS), Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Wix.com (WIX), Match Group (MTCH), and Kanzhun (BZ). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, AppLovin had 2 more articles in the media than Trade Desk. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AppLovin and 11 mentions for Trade Desk. Trade Desk's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat AppLovin's score of 0.94 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
41.8% of AppLovin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Trade Desk shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of AppLovin shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Trade Desk shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AppLovin has a net margin of 16.46% compared to Trade Desk's net margin of 9.80%. AppLovin's return on equity of 51.55% beat Trade Desk's return on equity.
Trade Desk received 679 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.93% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 49.06% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote.
AppLovin has higher revenue and earnings than Trade Desk. AppLovin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trade Desk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AppLovin presently has a consensus target price of $71.72, suggesting a potential downside of 12.44%. Trade Desk has a consensus target price of $93.01, suggesting a potential downside of 1.23%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than AppLovin.
AppLovin has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AppLovin and Trade Desk tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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