NTES vs. CRM, ADBE, INTU, NOW, SNPS, CRWD, CDNS, SHOP, PLTR, and ADSK
Should you be buying NetEase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetEase include Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), ServiceNow (NOW), Synopsys (SNPS), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Shopify (SHOP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), and Autodesk (ADSK). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 46 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Salesforce and 6 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Salesforce's score of 0.33 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NetEase has a net margin of 28.75% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 15.30%. NetEase's return on equity of 24.19% beat Salesforce's return on equity.
NetEase pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Salesforce pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. NetEase pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Salesforce pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
11.1% of NetEase shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.7% of NetEase shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce 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.
Salesforce received 2509 more outperform votes than NetEase when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.68% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 69.02% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote.
NetEase has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NetEase currently has a consensus price target of $125.71, suggesting a potential upside of 33.88%. Salesforce has a consensus price target of $292.79, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. Given NetEase's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NetEase is more favorable than Salesforce.
NetEase has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Salesforce. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Salesforce beats NetEase on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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