COIN vs. PYPL, SQ, GPN, SYF, AFRM, BILL, DLO, MQ, AXP, and BNS
Should you be buying Coinbase Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coinbase Global include PayPal (PYPL), Block (SQ), Global Payments (GPN), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Affirm (AFRM), BILL (BILL), DLocal (DLO), Marqeta (MQ), American Express (AXP), and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS).
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 6 more articles in the media than PayPal. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Coinbase Global and 28 mentions for PayPal. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat PayPal's score of 0.62 indicating that Coinbase Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.2% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to Coinbase Global's net margin of 3.05%. PayPal's return on equity of 20.84% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.41, suggesting that its share price is 241% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coinbase Global currently has a consensus price target of $165.43, suggesting a potential downside of 30.00%. PayPal has a consensus price target of $70.47, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. Given PayPal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PayPal is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PayPal received 1658 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.58% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 41.99% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
Summary
PayPal beats Coinbase Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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