MongoDB (MDB) Competitors

MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, MDB or SNOW?

MongoDB has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snowflake has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MDB or SNOW?

MongoDB has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Snowflake. MongoDB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Snowflake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MongoDB	$2.01B	6.90	-$176.60M	-$1.78	-95.83
Snowflake	$3.63B	14.33	-$836.10M	-$3.87	-40.69

Is MDB or SNOW more profitable?

MongoDB has a net margin of -10.46% compared to Snowflake's net margin of -33.02%. MongoDB's return on equity of -12.22% beat Snowflake's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MongoDB	-10.46%	-12.22%	-5.19%
Snowflake	-33.02%	-24.23%	-13.30%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MDB or SNOW?

89.3% of MongoDB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Snowflake shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of MongoDB shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Snowflake shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MDB or SNOW?

MongoDB received 361 more outperform votes than Snowflake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.36% of users gave MongoDB an outperform vote while only 52.31% of users gave Snowflake an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MongoDB	Outperform Votes 633 62.36%	Underperform Votes 382 37.64%
Snowflake	Outperform Votes 272 52.31%	Underperform Votes 248 47.69%

Does the media prefer MDB or SNOW?

In the previous week, Snowflake had 18 more articles in the media than MongoDB. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Snowflake and 25 mentions for MongoDB. Snowflake's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat MongoDB's score of 1.03 indicating that Snowflake is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MongoDB	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Snowflake	30 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MDB or SNOW?

MongoDB currently has a consensus price target of $294.78, indicating a potential upside of 72.81%. Snowflake has a consensus price target of $200.27, indicating a potential upside of 27.17%. Given MongoDB's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MongoDB is more favorable than Snowflake.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MongoDB	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Snowflake	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

MongoDB beats Snowflake on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.