Meta Platforms (META) Competitors

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and SEA (NYSE:SE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, META or SE?

Meta Platforms has higher revenue and earnings than SEA. Meta Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEA, 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
Meta Platforms	$170.36B	10.24	$62.36B	$25.64	27.07
SEA	$17.93B	5.41	$150.73M	$1.42	115.96

Is META or SE more profitable?

Meta Platforms has a net margin of 37.91% compared to SEA's net margin of 0.64%. Meta Platforms' return on equity of 38.17% beat SEA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Meta Platforms	37.91%	38.17%	25.31%
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%

Do analysts prefer META or SE?

Meta Platforms presently has a consensus price target of $702.48, suggesting a potential upside of 1.21%. SEA has a consensus price target of $147.15, suggesting a potential downside of 10.64%. Given Meta Platforms' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Meta Platforms is more favorable than SEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Meta Platforms	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	37 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
SEA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in META or SE?

79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is META or SE a better dividend stock?

Meta Platforms pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Meta Platforms pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEA pays out 123.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Meta Platforms has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, META or SE?

Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer META or SE?

In the previous week, Meta Platforms had 145 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 156 mentions for Meta Platforms and 11 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Meta Platforms' score of 1.04 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Meta Platforms	120 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEA	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in META or SE?

Meta Platforms received 4317 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 81.20% of users gave Meta Platforms an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Meta Platforms	Outperform Votes 4834 81.20%	Underperform Votes 1119 18.80%
SEA	Outperform Votes 517 63.44%	Underperform Votes 298 36.56%

Summary

Meta Platforms beats SEA on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.