Frontdoor (FTDR) Competitors

Toast (NYSE:TOST) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, TOST or FTDR?

Toast has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TOST or FTDR more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Toast's net margin of 4.07%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 125.21% beat Toast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	4.07%	14.19%	9.19%
Frontdoor	13.07%	125.21%	15.65%

Do analysts recommend TOST or FTDR?

Toast currently has a consensus price target of $45.35, indicating a potential upside of 26.69%. Frontdoor has a consensus price target of $59.75, indicating a potential downside of 8.36%. Given Toast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Toast is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer TOST or FTDR?

In the previous week, Toast had 11 more articles in the media than Frontdoor. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Toast and 9 mentions for Frontdoor. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Frontdoor's score of 0.86 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toast	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontdoor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, TOST or FTDR?

Frontdoor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Toast. Frontdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, 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
Toast	$5.53B	3.30	$19M	$0.34	105.28
Frontdoor	$1.84B	2.58	$235M	$3.39	19.23

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TOST or FTDR?

82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.1% of Toast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Frontdoor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Toast beats Frontdoor on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.