ATHM vs. ICLR, HQY, QXO, MEDP, WPP, BILI, LYFT, ETSY, MARA, and QBTS
Should you be buying Autohome stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autohome include ICON Public (ICLR), HealthEquity (HQY), QXO (QXO), Medpace (MEDP), WPP (WPP), Bilibili (BILI), Lyft (LYFT), Etsy (ETSY), MARA (MARA), and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Autohome vs. Its Competitors
ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Autohome had 4 more articles in the media than ICON Public. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Autohome and 1 mentions for ICON Public. Autohome's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat ICON Public's score of 0.30 indicating that Autohome is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ICON Public has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autohome has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ICON Public received 270 more outperform votes than Autohome when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.38% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Autohome an outperform vote.
Autohome has a net margin of 23.02% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 9.56%. ICON Public's return on equity of 11.81% beat Autohome's return on equity.
ICON Public presently has a consensus price target of $213.08, indicating a potential upside of 46.41%. Autohome has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.26%. Given ICON Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ICON Public is more favorable than Autohome.
ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than Autohome. Autohome is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Autohome shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Autohome shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ICON Public beats Autohome on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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 (NYSE:ATHM) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
