Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) Vs. MSCI, GPN, EBAY, CSGP, DIDI, ETSY, FLT, AKAM, BR, and AFRM
Should you be buying Lyft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lyft include MSCI (MSCI), Global Payments (GPN), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), DiDi Global (DIDI), Etsy (ETSY), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), and Affirm (AFRM). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Lyft vs.
Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Global Payments had 2 more articles in the media than Lyft. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Global Payments and 11 mentions for Lyft. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Lyft's score of -0.27 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Payments received 726 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.23% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 73.94% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Payments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Global Payments has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Lyft's net margin of -43.05%. Global Payments' return on equity of 8.08% beat Lyft's return on equity.
Lyft has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.6% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lyft currently has a consensus price target of $69.86, indicating a potential upside of 89.84%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $196.11, indicating a potential upside of 39.31%. Given Lyft's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lyft is more favorable than Global Payments.
Summary
Global Payments beats Lyft on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LYFT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) vs. Its Competitors
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