LYFT vs. WU, FVRR, RBA, AKAM, GRAB, Z, ZG, CART, WEX, and ETSY
Should you be buying Lyft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyft include Western Union (WU), Fiverr International (FVRR), RB Global (RBA), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Grab (GRAB), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Maplebear (CART), WEX (WEX), and Etsy (ETSY). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Western Union (NYSE:WU) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Western Union has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Union, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Union has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Lyft's net margin of -3.94%. Western Union's return on equity of 120.76% beat Lyft's return on equity.
Western Union received 296 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.11% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote while only 53.73% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lyft had 20 more articles in the media than Western Union. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Lyft and 12 mentions for Western Union. Western Union's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Lyft's score of 0.27 indicating that Western Union is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lyft presently has a consensus price target of $18.04, indicating a potential upside of 47.47%. Western Union has a consensus price target of $13.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Given Lyft's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lyft is more favorable than Western Union.
Lyft has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lyft beats Western Union on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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