NetEase (NTES) Competitors

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Do analysts prefer PLTR or NTES?

Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $74.71, suggesting a potential downside of 20.33%. NetEase has a consensus target price of $114.57, suggesting a potential upside of 16.05%. Given NetEase's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NetEase is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palantir Technologies	5 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92
NetEase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more risk & volatility, PLTR or NTES?

Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.74, meaning that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetEase has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PLTR or NTES?

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 174 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 186 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 12 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.75 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Palantir Technologies	88 Very Positive mention(s)	29 Positive mention(s)	43 Neutral mention(s)	14 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NetEase	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLTR or NTES?

NetEase received 589 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 40.27% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palantir Technologies	Outperform Votes 91 40.27%	Underperform Votes 135 59.73%
NetEase	Outperform Votes 680 69.11%	Underperform Votes 304 30.89%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PLTR or NTES?

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of NetEase shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.7% of NetEase shares are owned by 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PLTR or NTES?

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, 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
Palantir Technologies	$2.87B	76.76	$462.19M	$0.19	493.58
NetEase	$105.30B	0.60	$4.14B	$6.37	15.50

Is PLTR or NTES more profitable?

NetEase has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 16.13%. NetEase's return on equity of 22.12% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palantir Technologies	16.13%	6.85%	5.48%
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%

Summary

NetEase beats Palantir Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.