LYFT vs. ALIT, GETY, OLO, RDWR, RSKD, ETSY, ZG, NCR, WB, and RNG
Should you be buying Lyft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyft include Alight (ALIT), Getty Images (GETY), OLO (OLO), Radware (RDWR), Riskified (RSKD), Etsy (ETSY), Zillow Group (ZG), NCR (NCR), Weibo (WB), and RingCentral (RNG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Lyft vs.
Alight (NYSE:ALIT) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Alight has a net margin of -3.68% compared to Lyft's net margin of -37.33%. Alight's return on equity of 3.07% beat Lyft's return on equity.
Alight has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.7% of Alight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Alight shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lyft shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lyft received 275 more outperform votes than Alight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.
Alight presently has a consensus price target of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.20%. Lyft has a consensus price target of $16.15, suggesting a potential upside of 68.55%. Given Lyft's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than Alight.
Alight has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft. Alight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lyft had 10 more articles in the media than Alight. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lyft and 2 mentions for Alight. Alight's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Lyft's score of -0.34 indicating that Alight is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Alight beats Lyft on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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