Weibo (WB) Competitors

Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) and Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ESTC or WB?

Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than Elastic. Elastic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weibo, 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
Elastic	$1.48B	6.22	-$108.11M	-$1.05	-83.31
Weibo	$1.75B	1.31	$300.80M	$1.38	6.86

Do analysts recommend ESTC or WB?

Elastic currently has a consensus target price of $113.52, suggesting a potential upside of 29.77%. Weibo has a consensus target price of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.96%. Given Elastic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Elastic is more favorable than Weibo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elastic	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Weibo	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ESTC or WB?

Elastic has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weibo has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ESTC or WB more profitable?

Weibo has a net margin of 20.41% compared to Elastic's net margin of -7.29%. Weibo's return on equity of 12.29% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elastic	-7.29%	-4.46%	-1.61%
Weibo	20.41%	12.29%	6.41%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ESTC or WB?

97.0% of Elastic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Weibo shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Elastic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Weibo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ESTC or WB?

In the previous week, Elastic had 10 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Elastic and 4 mentions for Weibo. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Weibo's score of 0.55 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elastic	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weibo	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Elastic beats Weibo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.