DFIN vs. WB, SITM, SWI, AMBA, VRNT, DAVA, MXL, VIAV, CRTO, and GRND
Should you be buying Donnelley Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donnelley Financial Solutions include Weibo (WB), SiTime (SITM), SolarWinds (SWI), Ambarella (AMBA), Verint Systems (VRNT), Endava (DAVA), MaxLinear (MXL), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Criteo (CRTO), and Grindr (GRND). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) and Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Weibo had 3 more articles in the media than Donnelley Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Weibo and 2 mentions for Donnelley Financial Solutions. Donnelley Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Weibo's score of 0.81 indicating that Donnelley Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Weibo received 330 more outperform votes than Donnelley Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.21% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Donnelley Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
93.8% of Donnelley Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Weibo shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Donnelley Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Weibo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Donnelley Financial Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Weibo has a consensus price target of $11.98, suggesting a potential upside of 48.08%. Given Weibo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Weibo is more favorable than Donnelley Financial Solutions.
Donnelley Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weibo has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Weibo has a net margin of 19.47% compared to Donnelley Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.31%. Donnelley Financial Solutions' return on equity of 22.89% beat Weibo's return on equity.
Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than Donnelley Financial Solutions. Weibo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Donnelley Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Donnelley Financial Solutions beats Weibo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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