AKAM vs. EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, QNST, ANGI, and LQDT
Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), and Liquidity Services (LQDT). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
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eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
eBay received 586 more outperform votes than Akamai Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.22% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.
In the previous week, eBay had 9 more articles in the media than Akamai Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for eBay and 20 mentions for Akamai Technologies. eBay's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.37 indicating that eBay is being referred to more favorably in the media.
eBay currently has a consensus price target of $67.65, suggesting a potential downside of 14.11%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus price target of $101.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.36%. Given Akamai Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than eBay.
eBay has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Akamai Technologies. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of eBay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
eBay has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of 12.65%. eBay's return on equity of 30.97% beat Akamai Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
eBay beats Akamai Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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