ETSY vs. LYFT, ZG, Z, ALIT, WU, AKAM, BR, EBAY, FICO, and WCC
Should you be buying Etsy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Etsy include Lyft (LYFT), Zillow Group (ZG), Zillow Group (Z), Alight (ALIT), Western Union (WU), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), eBay (EBAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), and WESCO International (WCC).
Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Lyft had 3 more articles in the media than Etsy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Lyft and 18 mentions for Etsy. Etsy's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Lyft's score of -0.02 indicating that Etsy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Etsy has a net margin of 11.19% compared to Lyft's net margin of -7.73%. Lyft's return on equity of -54.80% beat Etsy's return on equity.
Etsy has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Etsy currently has a consensus target price of $84.46, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $14.60, indicating a potential downside of 10.79%. Given Etsy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Etsy is more favorable than Lyft.
Etsy received 540 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.94% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.
Etsy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Etsy beats Lyft on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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