APLD vs. HQY, BILI, WPP, LYFT, ETSY, AMTM, MARA, WSC, SEZL, and LIF
Should you be buying Applied Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Digital include HealthEquity (HQY), Bilibili (BILI), WPP (WPP), Lyft (LYFT), Etsy (ETSY), Amentum (AMTM), Marathon Digital (MARA), WillScot (WSC), Sezzle (SEZL), and Life360 (LIF). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Applied Digital vs. Its Competitors
Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
HealthEquity has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Applied Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HealthEquity has a net margin of 9.80% compared to Applied Digital's net margin of -109.99%. HealthEquity's return on equity of 11.01% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.
65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of HealthEquity shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of HealthEquity shares are held 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.
Applied Digital currently has a consensus price target of $12.73, indicating a potential upside of 26.39%. HealthEquity has a consensus price target of $118.09, indicating a potential upside of 12.73%. Given Applied Digital's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than HealthEquity.
Applied Digital has a beta of 6.09, indicating that its share price is 509% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HealthEquity has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HealthEquity had 7 more articles in the media than Applied Digital. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for HealthEquity and 11 mentions for Applied Digital. HealthEquity's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Applied Digital's score of 0.75 indicating that HealthEquity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
HealthEquity beats Applied Digital on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:APLD) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
