SEA (NYSE:SE) and Angi (NASDAQ:ANGI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Volatility and Risk
SEA has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Angi has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares SEA and Angi's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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SEA | -38.59% | -144.79% | -22.93% |
Angi | 0.56% | 0.62% | 0.40% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
74.4% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Angi shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Angi shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares SEA and Angi's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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SEA | $2.18 billion | 37.95 | $-1,462,800,000.00 | ($2.27) | -111.20 |
Angi | $1.33 billion | 6.33 | $34.83 million | $0.07 | 240.00 |
Angi has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SEA. SEA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Angi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for SEA and Angi, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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SEA | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.80 |
Angi | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2.75 |
SEA presently has a consensus target price of $204.9167, suggesting a potential downside of 18.82%. Angi has a consensus target price of $15.4875, suggesting a potential downside of 7.81%. Given Angi's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Angi is more favorable than SEA.
Summary
Angi beats SEA on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.