Gen Digital (GEN) Competitors

Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GEN or SNOW?

Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Snowflake. Snowflake is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gen Digital, 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
Gen Digital	$3.94B	4.65	$616M	$1.04	28.39
Snowflake	$3.84B	18.11	-$836.10M	-$4.21	-49.46

Does the media refer more to GEN or SNOW?

In the previous week, Snowflake had 66 more articles in the media than Gen Digital. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Snowflake and 16 mentions for Gen Digital. Gen Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Snowflake's score of 0.60 indicating that Gen Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gen Digital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Snowflake	37 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GEN or SNOW?

81.4% of Gen Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Snowflake shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Gen Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Snowflake shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer GEN or SNOW?

Gen Digital currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.87%. Snowflake has a consensus price target of $222.81, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Given Snowflake's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Snowflake is more favorable than Gen Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gen Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Snowflake	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	32 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEN or SNOW?

Snowflake received 237 more outperform votes than Gen Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.72% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote while only 54.31% of users gave Snowflake an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gen Digital	Outperform Votes 72 63.72%	Underperform Votes 41 36.28%
Snowflake	Outperform Votes 309 54.31%	Underperform Votes 260 45.69%

Which has more volatility & risk, GEN or SNOW?

Gen Digital has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snowflake has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GEN or SNOW more profitable?

Gen Digital has a net margin of 16.32% compared to Snowflake's net margin of -33.02%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 58.83% beat Snowflake's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gen Digital	16.32%	58.83%	7.98%
Snowflake	-33.02%	-24.23%	-13.30%

Summary

Gen Digital beats Snowflake on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.