YELP vs. AI, APPN, PLXS, RNG, LITE, WOLF, RPD, KLIC, IESC, and SPT
Should you be buying Yelp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yelp include C3.ai (AI), Appian (APPN), Plexus (PLXS), RingCentral (RNG), Lumentum (LITE), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Rapid7 (RPD), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), IES (IESC), and Sprout Social (SPT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Yelp has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Yelp's net margin of -95.21%. C3.ai's return on equity of 14.06% beat Yelp's return on equity.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Yelp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Yelp had 4 more articles in the media than C3.ai. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Yelp and 11 mentions for C3.ai. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Yelp's score of 0.39 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yelp received 964 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yelp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
C3.ai presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.98%. Yelp has a consensus price target of $41.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.28%. Given Yelp's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Yelp.
Summary
Yelp beats C3.ai on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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