IQ vs. ASAI, LOPE, GOLF, PWSC, MSGS, UAA, IGT, UA, HGV, and KTB
Should you be buying iQIYI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iQIYI include Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Acushnet (GOLF), PowerSchool (PWSC), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Under Armour (UAA), International Game Technology (IGT), Under Armour (UA), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), and Kontoor Brands (KTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) and Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
iQIYI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sendas Distribuidora. iQIYI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sendas Distribuidora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, iQIYI had 10 more articles in the media than Sendas Distribuidora. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for iQIYI and 4 mentions for Sendas Distribuidora. Sendas Distribuidora's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat iQIYI's score of 0.23 indicating that Sendas Distribuidora is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
iQIYI has a net margin of 4.76% compared to Sendas Distribuidora's net margin of 1.07%. Sendas Distribuidora's return on equity of 16.78% beat iQIYI's return on equity.
iQIYI received 403 more outperform votes than Sendas Distribuidora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.95% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave Sendas Distribuidora an outperform vote.
iQIYI currently has a consensus price target of $6.54, indicating a potential upside of 64.42%. Given iQIYI's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iQIYI is more favorable than Sendas Distribuidora.
30.7% of iQIYI shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
iQIYI has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sendas Distribuidora has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
iQIYI beats Sendas Distribuidora on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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