IAC (IAC) Competitors

IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IAC or DT?

IAC received 834 more outperform votes than Dynatrace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.32% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IAC	Outperform Votes 1067 71.32%	Underperform Votes 429 28.68%
Dynatrace	Outperform Votes 233 67.34%	Underperform Votes 113 32.66%

Does the media favor IAC or DT?

In the previous week, IAC had 9 more articles in the media than Dynatrace. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for IAC and 7 mentions for Dynatrace. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Dynatrace's score of 0.51 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IAC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dynatrace	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IAC or DT?

88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of IAC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, IAC or DT?

IAC has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IAC or DT?

IAC currently has a consensus target price of $76.40, suggesting a potential upside of 52.62%. Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $60.46, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Given IAC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Dynatrace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IAC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Dynatrace	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is IAC or DT more profitable?

Dynatrace has a net margin of 10.36% compared to IAC's net margin of -3.95%. Dynatrace's return on equity of 9.77% beat IAC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IAC	-3.95%	-2.35%	-1.53%
Dynatrace	10.36%	9.77%	6.12%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IAC or DT?

IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IAC	$4.05B	0.99	$265.94M	-$1.58	-31.53
Dynatrace	$1.50B	10.87	$154.63M	$0.52	105.06

Summary

IAC beats Dynatrace on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.