Yandex (YNDX) Competitors

Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) and Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in YNDX or WIX?

21.9% of Yandex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Wix.com shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Yandex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Wix.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate YNDX or WIX?

Wix.com has a consensus target price of $144.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.54%. Given Wix.com's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wix.com is more favorable than Yandex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yandex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Wix.com	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Is YNDX or WIX more profitable?

Yandex has a net margin of 2.50% compared to Wix.com's net margin of 2.12%. Yandex's return on equity of 8.59% beat Wix.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yandex	2.50%	8.59%	3.81%
Wix.com	2.12%	-40.56%	3.14%

Which has more volatility and risk, YNDX or WIX?

Yandex has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wix.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer YNDX or WIX?

In the previous week, Wix.com had 12 more articles in the media than Yandex. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Wix.com and 3 mentions for Yandex. Yandex's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Wix.com's score of 0.45 indicating that Yandex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yandex	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wix.com	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, YNDX or WIX?

Yandex has higher revenue and earnings than Wix.com. Yandex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wix.com, 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
Yandex	$8.92B	0.77	$221.50M	$0.61	31.05
Wix.com	$1.56B	4.31	$33.14M	$0.55	219.95

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YNDX or WIX?

Wix.com received 17 more outperform votes than Yandex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.76% of users gave Yandex an outperform vote while only 71.63% of users gave Wix.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yandex	Outperform Votes 657 72.76%	Underperform Votes 246 27.24%
Wix.com	Outperform Votes 674 71.63%	Underperform Votes 267 28.37%

Summary

Yandex beats Wix.com on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.