eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) Vs. FB, SE, EQIX, TWTR, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, OPEN, ZD, and SPSC
Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include Facebook (FB), SEA (SE), Equinix (EQIX), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Ziff Davis (ZD), and SPS Commerce (SPSC). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
eBay vs.
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and SEA (NYSE:SE) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
eBay has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
eBay has a net margin of 112.88% compared to SEA's net margin of -26.46%. eBay's return on equity of 28.19% beat SEA's return on equity.
In the previous week, eBay had 9 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for eBay and 3 mentions for SEA. eBay's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat SEA's score of 0.11 indicating that eBay is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of eBay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than SEA. SEA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than eBay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
eBay presently has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. SEA has a consensus price target of $370.80, suggesting a potential upside of 46.31%. Given SEA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SEA is more favorable than eBay.
eBay received 1287 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% of users gave eBay an outperform vote while only 67.41% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.
Summary
eBay beats SEA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EBAY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) vs. Its Competitors
eBay Competitors List
