META Vs. GOOG, GOOGL, TSM, NVDA, VZ, AVGO, ORCL, ASML, CSCO, and ADBE
Should you be buying Meta Platforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Platforms include Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Broadcom (AVGO), Oracle (ORCL), ASML (ASML), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Adobe (ADBE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Meta Platforms vs.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Meta Platforms received 2142 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.99% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 83.67% of users gave Meta Platforms an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 11 more articles in the media than Meta Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Alphabet and 15 mentions for Meta Platforms. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Meta Platforms' score of -0.02 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.5% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by company 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.
Meta Platforms presently has a consensus target price of $297.62, indicating a potential upside of 76.95%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $3,323.07, indicating a potential upside of 45.89%. Given Meta Platforms' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Meta Platforms is more favorable than Alphabet.
Meta Platforms has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Alphabet's net margin of 27.57%. Alphabet's return on equity of 30.18% beat Meta Platforms' return on equity.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Platforms. Meta Platforms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alphabet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alphabet beats Meta Platforms on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding META 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.
Meta Platforms Competitors List
