GOOGL vs. GOOG, META, TTD, TWTR, BIDU, PINS, APP, SNAP, ZM, and FDS
Should you be buying Alphabet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOG), Meta Platforms (META), Trade Desk (TTD), Twitter (TWTR), Baidu (BIDU), Pinterest (PINS), AppLovin (APP), Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and FactSet Research Systems (FDS). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Alphabet pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 9 more articles in the media than Alphabet. MarketBeat recorded 174 mentions for Alphabet and 165 mentions for Alphabet. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Alphabet's score of 0.41 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.3% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alphabet currently has a consensus target price of $182.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.40%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $203.74, indicating a potential upside of 22.00%. Given Alphabet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Alphabet.
Alphabet received 284 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.52% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 82.69% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote.
Alphabet has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alphabet beats Alphabet on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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