UPWK vs. RAMP, EVTC, CD, PEGA, STNE, PAGS, CLVT, PLTK, FIVN, and RNG
Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include LiveRamp (RAMP), EVERTEC (EVTC), Chindata Group (CD), Pegasystems (PEGA), StoneCo (STNE), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), Clarivate (CLVT), Playtika (PLTK), Five9 (FIVN), and RingCentral (RNG).
Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Upwork currently has a consensus target price of $17.80, suggesting a potential upside of 66.04%. LiveRamp has a consensus target price of $50.25, suggesting a potential upside of 61.73%. Given Upwork's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Upwork is more favorable than LiveRamp.
Upwork received 56 more outperform votes than LiveRamp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.92% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Upwork has a net margin of 6.70% compared to LiveRamp's net margin of 1.80%. Upwork's return on equity of 13.96% beat LiveRamp's return on equity.
Upwork has higher revenue and earnings than LiveRamp. Upwork is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Upwork shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of LiveRamp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Upwork and Upwork both had 2 articles in the media. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat LiveRamp's score of 1.28 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Upwork has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Upwork beats LiveRamp on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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