Match Group (MTCH) Competitors

Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTCH or WIT?

94.1% of Match Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Wipro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Match Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wipro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, MTCH or WIT?

Match Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wipro has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTCH or WIT?

Match Group received 283 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.90% of users gave Match Group an outperform vote while only 50.82% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Match Group	Outperform Votes 623 64.90%	Underperform Votes 337 35.10%
Wipro	Outperform Votes 340 50.82%	Underperform Votes 329 49.18%

Does the media favor MTCH or WIT?

In the previous week, Match Group had 4 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Match Group and 4 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Match Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Wipro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Match Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wipro	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MTCH or WIT a better dividend stock?

Match Group pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wipro pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Match Group pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wipro pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Match Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate MTCH or WIT?

Match Group currently has a consensus target price of $35.91, suggesting a potential upside of 13.87%. Given Match Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Match Group is more favorable than Wipro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Match Group	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Wipro	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MTCH or WIT?

Wipro has higher revenue and earnings than Match Group. Match Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wipro, 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
Match Group	$3.45B	2.29	$551.28M	$2.02	15.61
Wipro	$890.88B	0.04	$1.33B	$0.15	20.03

Is MTCH or WIT more profitable?

Match Group has a net margin of 15.84% compared to Wipro's net margin of 13.96%. Wipro's return on equity of 15.46% beat Match Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Match Group	15.84%	-574.22%	12.68%
Wipro	13.96%	15.46%	10.11%

Summary

Match Group beats Wipro on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.