LYFT vs. ETSY, ALIT, WEX, WU, ZG, GETY, FVRR, RBA, AKAM, and CIEN
Should you be buying Lyft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyft include Etsy (ETSY), Alight (ALIT), WEX (WEX), Western Union (WU), Zillow Group (ZG), Getty Images (GETY), Fiverr International (FVRR), RB Global (RBA), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), and Ciena (CIEN).
Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Lyft had 20 more articles in the media than Etsy. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Lyft and 19 mentions for Etsy. Lyft's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Etsy's score of 0.18 indicating that Etsy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Etsy has a net margin of 11.19% compared to Etsy's net margin of -7.73%. Etsy's return on equity of -54.80% beat Lyft's return on equity.
Etsy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Etsy received 541 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.12% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.
Etsy currently has a consensus price target of $88.88, indicating a potential upside of 29.01%. Lyft has a consensus price target of $14.40, indicating a potential downside of 25.06%. Given Lyft's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than Lyft.
Etsy has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Etsy beats Lyft on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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