APLD vs. CART, RTO, ALLE, STN, QXO, ICLR, HQY, MEDP, BILI, and WPP
Should you be buying Applied Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Digital include Maplebear (CART), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Allegion (ALLE), Stantec (STN), QXO (QXO), ICON Public (ICLR), HealthEquity (HQY), Medpace (MEDP), Bilibili (BILI), and WPP (WPP). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Applied Digital vs.
Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Maplebear received 20 more outperform votes than Applied Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.86% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 60.50% of users gave Maplebear an outperform vote.
Maplebear presently has a consensus target price of $51.91, indicating a potential upside of 17.49%. Applied Digital has a consensus target price of $12.73, indicating a potential upside of 1.98%. Given Maplebear's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than Applied Digital.
Maplebear has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Digital has a beta of 6.08, meaning that its stock price is 508% more volatile than the S&P 500.
63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Maplebear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Maplebear has a net margin of 13.37% compared to Applied Digital's net margin of -127.86%. Maplebear's return on equity of 13.78% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.
Applied Digital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maplebear. Applied Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Applied Digital had 33 more articles in the media than Maplebear. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Applied Digital and 16 mentions for Maplebear. Maplebear's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Applied Digital's score of 0.74 indicating that Maplebear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Maplebear beats Applied Digital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APLD) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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