DigitalOcean (DOCN) Competitors

IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) and DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is IONQ or DOCN more profitable?

DigitalOcean has a net margin of 10.86% compared to IonQ's net margin of -457.85%. IonQ's return on equity of -36.82% beat DigitalOcean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IonQ	-457.85%	-36.82%	-32.48%
DigitalOcean	10.86%	-43.11%	7.64%

Do analysts recommend IONQ or DOCN?

IonQ currently has a consensus target price of $38.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.97%. DigitalOcean has a consensus target price of $39.83, suggesting a potential upside of 40.51%. Given DigitalOcean's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalOcean is more favorable than IonQ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
DigitalOcean	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has more risk & volatility, IONQ or DOCN?

IonQ has a beta of 2.46, indicating that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalOcean has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IONQ or DOCN?

In the previous week, IonQ had 27 more articles in the media than DigitalOcean. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for IonQ and 5 mentions for DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat IonQ's score of 0.76 indicating that DigitalOcean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IonQ	15 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DigitalOcean	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IONQ or DOCN?

41.4% of IonQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of DigitalOcean shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of IonQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DigitalOcean shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IONQ or DOCN?

DigitalOcean received 41 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.25% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote while only 46.90% of users gave DigitalOcean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IonQ	Outperform Votes 27 56.25%	Underperform Votes 21 43.75%
DigitalOcean	Outperform Votes 68 46.90%	Underperform Votes 77 53.10%

Which has better valuation and earnings, IONQ or DOCN?

DigitalOcean has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalOcean, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IonQ	$43.06M	208.78	-$157.77M	-$1.49	-27.07
DigitalOcean	$806.59M	3.20	$19.41M	$1.11	25.54

Summary

DigitalOcean beats IonQ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.