JOYY (YY) Competitors

JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, YY or WPP?

JOYY has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in YY or WPP?

36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YY or WPP?

JOYY received 220 more outperform votes than WPP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.79% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JOYY	Outperform Votes 553 66.79%	Underperform Votes 275 33.21%
WPP	Outperform Votes 333 54.95%	Underperform Votes 273 45.05%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, YY or WPP?

JOYY has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WPP. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WPP, 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
JOYY	$2.24B	1.00	$301.82M	-$3.10	-13.36
WPP	$14.74B	0.56	$137.33M	$5.97	6.46

Does the media refer more to YY or WPP?

In the previous week, WPP had 11 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for WPP and 3 mentions for JOYY. JOYY's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat WPP's score of 0.30 indicating that JOYY is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JOYY	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WPP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is YY or WPP a better dividend stock?

JOYY pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. WPP pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. JOYY pays out -120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WPP pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. JOYY is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend YY or WPP?

JOYY presently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.50%. Given JOYY's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe JOYY is more favorable than WPP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
WPP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is YY or WPP more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. JOYY's return on equity of 4.64% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

JOYY beats WPP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.