GitLab (GTLB) Competitors

GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) and Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts recommend GTLB or BIDU?

GitLab currently has a consensus price target of $71.73, indicating a potential upside of 43.00%. Baidu has a consensus price target of $109.55, indicating a potential upside of 22.62%. Given GitLab's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GitLab is more favorable than Baidu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GitLab	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
Baidu	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GTLB or BIDU?

Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than GitLab. GitLab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baidu, 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
GitLab	$759.25M	10.83	-$424.17M	-$0.03	-1,672.00
Baidu	$133.13B	0.23	$3.26B	$9.17	9.74

Is GTLB or BIDU more profitable?

Baidu has a net margin of 17.90% compared to GitLab's net margin of -6.83%. Baidu's return on equity of 8.67% beat GitLab's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GitLab	-6.83%	-11.72%	-5.98%
Baidu	17.90%	8.67%	5.51%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GTLB or BIDU?

95.0% of GitLab shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.4% of GitLab shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GTLB or BIDU?

In the previous week, Baidu had 21 more articles in the media than GitLab. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Baidu and 20 mentions for GitLab. GitLab's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Baidu's score of 0.67 indicating that GitLab is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GitLab	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baidu	18 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GTLB or BIDU?

Baidu received 1500 more outperform votes than GitLab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.57% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave GitLab an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GitLab	Outperform Votes 121 59.02%	Underperform Votes 84 40.98%
Baidu	Outperform Votes 1621 75.57%	Underperform Votes 524 24.43%

Which has more volatility & risk, GTLB or BIDU?

GitLab has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Baidu beats GitLab on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.