EA vs. VEEV, SPLK, TTWO, RBLX, LVS, RCL, TCOM, DKNG, CHTR, and LULU
Should you be buying Electronic Arts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electronic Arts include Veeva Systems (VEEV), Splunk (SPLK), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Roblox (RBLX), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), DraftKings (DKNG), Charter Communications (CHTR), and Lululemon Athletica (LULU).
Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Veeva Systems' net margin of 14.09%. Veeva Systems' return on equity of 20.58% beat Electronic Arts' return on equity.
In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 11 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Electronic Arts and 14 mentions for Veeva Systems. Electronic Arts' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Veeva Systems' score of 0.69 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Veeva Systems. Electronic Arts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veeva Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Electronic Arts received 828 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.71% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote.
Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Veeva Systems currently has a consensus target price of $234.90, suggesting a potential upside of 16.92%. Electronic Arts has a consensus target price of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.93%. Given Electronic Arts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than Electronic Arts.
Summary
Electronic Arts beats Veeva Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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