PYPL vs. UBER, RELX, MSCI, CSGP, DASH, FICO, AMX, ABNB, SNPS, and INFY
Should you be buying PayPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPal include Uber Technologies (UBER), Relx (RELX), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), DoorDash (DASH), Fair Isaac (FICO), América Móvil (AMX), Airbnb (ABNB), Synopsys (SNPS), and Infosys (INFY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
PayPal vs.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
71.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Uber Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $48.87, indicating a potential upside of 21.29%. PayPal has a consensus target price of $100.85, indicating a potential upside of 55.25%. Given PayPal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than Uber Technologies.
PayPal has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Uber Technologies' net margin of -9.95%. PayPal's return on equity of 19.34% beat Uber Technologies' return on equity.
PayPal received 1318 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.01% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 73.43% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote.
PayPal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uber Technologies. Uber Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PayPal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PayPal had 5 more articles in the media than Uber Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for PayPal and 17 mentions for Uber Technologies. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat PayPal's score of 0.30 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PayPal beats Uber Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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