SQ vs. PLTR, GEN, DOCU, PAYX, WCN, FIS, NU, CPRT, MRVL, and IT
Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Gen Digital (GEN), DocuSign (DOCU), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), NU (NU), Copart (CPRT), Marvell Technology (MRVL), and Gartner (IT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Block (NYSE:SQ) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 15 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 19 mentions for Block. Block's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.61 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Block shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 0.04%. Block's return on equity of 6.17% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.78, meaning that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Palantir Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Block.
Block received 1338 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 46.25% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $18.35, indicating a potential downside of 18.53%. Block has a consensus target price of $85.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Block is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
Summary
Palantir Technologies beats Block on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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