WCC vs. ETSY, DBX, DSGX, GNRC, APPF, GLOB, CACI, ONTO, MKSI, and GTLB
Should you be buying WESCO International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WESCO International include Etsy (ETSY), Dropbox (DBX), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Generac (GNRC), AppFolio (APPF), Globant (GLOB), CACI International (CACI), Onto Innovation (ONTO), MKS Instruments (MKSI), and GitLab (GTLB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
93.8% of WESCO International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of WESCO International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
WESCO International presently has a consensus price target of $184.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.53%. Etsy has a consensus price target of $84.46, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. Given Etsy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than WESCO International.
WESCO International has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Etsy had 13 more articles in the media than WESCO International. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Etsy and 2 mentions for WESCO International. Etsy's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat WESCO International's score of 0.50 indicating that Etsy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Etsy received 246 more outperform votes than WESCO International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.44% of users gave WESCO International an outperform vote while only 59.94% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.
WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than Etsy. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Etsy has a net margin of 11.19% compared to WESCO International's net margin of 3.42%. WESCO International's return on equity of 17.01% beat Etsy's return on equity.
Summary
Etsy beats WESCO International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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