EMC (EMC) Competitors

EMC (NYSE:EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) are both companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EMC or NTAP?

NetApp received 137 more outperform votes than EMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.45% of users gave EMC an outperform vote while only 53.32% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMC	Outperform Votes 1012 80.45%	Underperform Votes 246 19.55%
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1149 53.32%	Underperform Votes 1006 46.68%

Does the media refer more to EMC or NTAP?

In the previous week, NetApp had 17 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for NetApp and 6 mentions for EMC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat EMC's score of 0.00 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EMC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NetApp	11 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EMC or NTAP a better dividend stock?

EMC pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. EMC pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NetApp pays out 36.6% 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. NetApp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. NetApp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer EMC or NTAP?

NetApp has a consensus price target of $117.79, suggesting a potential upside of 13.04%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NetApp is more favorable than EMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
NetApp	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Is EMC or NTAP more profitable?

NetApp has a net margin of 17.78% compared to EMC's net margin of 0.00%. NetApp's return on equity of 123.63% beat EMC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A
NetApp	17.78%	123.63%	13.03%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EMC or NTAP?

NetApp has higher revenue and earnings than EMC. EMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, 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
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.05	13.72
NetApp	$6.57B	3.18	$986M	$5.68	18.35

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EMC or NTAP?

79.9% of EMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of NetApp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of EMC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of NetApp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NetApp beats EMC on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.