LYFT vs. ETSY, ALIT, WEX, ZG, WU, RBA, FVRR, AKAM, BR, and FICO
Should you be buying Lyft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyft include Etsy (ETSY), Alight (ALIT), WEX (WEX), Zillow Group (ZG), Western Union (WU), RB Global (RBA), Fiverr International (FVRR), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and Fair Isaac (FICO).
Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Etsy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lyft has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lyft currently has a consensus price target of $14.60, indicating a potential downside of 10.79%. Etsy has a consensus price target of $84.46, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. Given Etsy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Etsy is more favorable than Lyft.
In the previous week, Lyft had 5 more articles in the media than Etsy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Lyft and 14 mentions for Etsy. Etsy's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Lyft's score of -0.12 indicating that Etsy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Etsy has a net margin of 11.19% compared to Lyft's net margin of -7.73%. Lyft's return on equity of -54.80% beat Etsy's return on equity.
Etsy received 540 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.94% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.
83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Etsy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Lyft shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Etsy beats Lyft on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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