NICE (NICE) Competitors

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EA or NICE?

90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of NICE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of NICE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer EA or NICE?

In the previous week, NICE had 3 more articles in the media than Electronic Arts. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for NICE and 33 mentions for Electronic Arts. NICE's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.48 indicating that NICE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Electronic Arts	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NICE	18 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than NICE. NICE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electronic Arts, 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
Electronic Arts	$7.35B	5.15	$1.27B	$3.93	36.96
NICE	$2.74B	3.63	$338.30M	$6.76	23.21

Which has more volatility & risk, EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NICE has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts presently has a consensus price target of $154.22, indicating a potential upside of 6.17%. NICE has a consensus price target of $224.29, indicating a potential upside of 42.95%. Given NICE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NICE is more favorable than Electronic Arts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Electronic Arts	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
NICE	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is EA or NICE more profitable?

NICE has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 14.28%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 17.80% beat NICE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Electronic Arts	14.28%	17.80%	10.04%
NICE	16.18%	16.17%	11.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts received 884 more outperform votes than NICE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.12% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave NICE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Electronic Arts	Outperform Votes 1567 74.12%	Underperform Votes 547 25.88%
NICE	Outperform Votes 683 69.77%	Underperform Votes 296 30.23%

Summary

Electronic Arts and NICE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.