FSLY vs. OPRA, PDFS, ENFN, BASE, TUYA, DCBO, EVBG, MOMO, VTEX, and GDYN
Should you be buying Fastly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastly include Opera (OPRA), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Enfusion (ENFN), Couchbase (BASE), Tuya (TUYA), Docebo (DCBO), Everbridge (EVBG), Hello Group (MOMO), VTEX (VTEX), and Grid Dynamics (GDYN). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) and Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Opera had 12 more articles in the media than Fastly. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Opera and 17 mentions for Fastly. Opera's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Fastly's score of -0.31 indicating that Opera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fastly has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opera has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Opera has a net margin of 41.00% compared to Fastly's net margin of -25.26%. Opera's return on equity of 19.52% beat Fastly's return on equity.
Fastly presently has a consensus price target of $14.61, suggesting a potential upside of 71.09%. Opera has a consensus price target of $21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 50.44%. Given Fastly's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fastly is more favorable than Opera.
79.7% of Fastly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Opera shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Fastly shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.4% of Opera shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Opera has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fastly. Fastly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Opera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fastly received 15 more outperform votes than Opera when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.73% of users gave Opera an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Fastly an outperform vote.
Summary
Opera beats Fastly on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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