EA vs. VEEV, SPLK, TTWO, RBLX, LVS, RCL, TCOM, DKNG, CHTR, and LULU
Should you be buying Electronic Arts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electronic Arts include Veeva Systems (VEEV), Splunk (SPLK), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Roblox (RBLX), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), DraftKings (DKNG), Charter Communications (CHTR), and Lululemon Athletica (LULU).
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Veeva Systems. Electronic Arts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veeva Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 5 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Electronic Arts and 18 mentions for Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.53 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Electronic Arts received 828 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.71% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 14.09%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 20.58% beat Veeva Systems' return on equity.
Electronic Arts currently has a consensus target price of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.47%. Veeva Systems has a consensus target price of $234.90, suggesting a potential upside of 18.20%. Given Veeva Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than Electronic Arts.
Summary
Electronic Arts beats Veeva Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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