WB vs. GRND, BMBL, RUM, MGNI, GDS, TBLA, MODN, PUBM, HUYA, and SABR
Should you be buying Weibo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weibo include Grindr (GRND), Bumble (BMBL), Rumble (RUM), Magnite (MGNI), GDS (GDS), Taboola.com (TBLA), Model N (MODN), PubMatic (PUBM), HUYA (HUYA), and Sabre (SABR). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) and Grindr (NYSE:GRND) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Grindr had 8 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Grindr and 2 mentions for Weibo. Weibo's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Grindr's score of 0.41 indicating that Weibo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Weibo received 613 more outperform votes than Grindr when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Grindr an outperform vote while only 69.21% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote.
68.8% of Weibo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Grindr shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.3% of Weibo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 78.2% of Grindr shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Weibo has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grindr has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than Grindr. Grindr is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weibo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weibo has a net margin of 19.47% compared to Grindr's net margin of -21.48%. Grindr's return on equity of 101.02% beat Weibo's return on equity.
Weibo currently has a consensus target price of $11.98, suggesting a potential upside of 36.14%. Grindr has a consensus target price of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.82%. Given Weibo's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Weibo is more favorable than Grindr.
Summary
Weibo beats Grindr on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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