PUBM vs. WB, DV, CXM, AVDX, EVCM, CERT, MTTR, KARO, FORTY, and QUBT
Should you be buying PubMatic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PubMatic include Weibo (WB), DoubleVerify (DV), Sprinklr (CXM), AvidXchange (AVDX), EverCommerce (EVCM), Certara (CERT), Matterport (MTTR), Karooooo (KARO), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), and Quantum Computing (QUBT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
PubMatic vs. Its Competitors
PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) and Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than PubMatic. Weibo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PubMatic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PubMatic presently has a consensus target price of $19.11, suggesting a potential upside of 65.61%. Weibo has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.21%. Given PubMatic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PubMatic is more favorable than Weibo.
PubMatic has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weibo has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Weibo has a net margin of 21.30% compared to PubMatic's net margin of 5.96%. Weibo's return on equity of 11.03% beat PubMatic's return on equity.
64.3% of PubMatic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Weibo shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of PubMatic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Weibo shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, PubMatic had 5 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PubMatic and 2 mentions for Weibo. Weibo's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat PubMatic's score of 1.28 indicating that Weibo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Weibo received 557 more outperform votes than PubMatic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave PubMatic an outperform vote.
Summary
Weibo beats PubMatic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PUBM 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.
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This page (NASDAQ:PUBM) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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