Meta Platforms (META) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SE or META?

SEA currently has a consensus target price of $145.23, suggesting a potential downside of 10.59%. Meta Platforms has a consensus target price of $701.05, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Meta Platforms' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Meta Platforms is more favorable than SEA.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SE or META?

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 63.39% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEA	Outperform Votes 516 63.39%	Underperform Votes 298 36.61%
Meta Platforms	Outperform Votes 4833 81.20%	Underperform Votes 1119 18.80%

Does the media prefer SE or META?

In the previous week, Meta Platforms had 137 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 172 mentions for Meta Platforms and 35 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Meta Platforms' score of 0.93 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEA	26 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Meta Platforms	113 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	18 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SE or META?

SEA has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SE or META?

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
SEA	$17.93B	5.34	$150.73M	$1.42	114.39
Meta Platforms	$170.36B	9.40	$62.36B	$25.64	24.85

Is SE or META a better dividend stock?

SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Meta Platforms pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. 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 pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Meta Platforms has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is SE or META 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
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%
Meta Platforms	37.91%	38.17%	25.31%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SE or META?

59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

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