EMC (EMC) Competitors

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

Does the media favor EMC or NTAP?

In the previous week, NetApp had 20 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for NetApp and 9 mentions for EMC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.80 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NetApp	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EMC or NTAP?

NetApp has a consensus price target of $123.07, suggesting a potential upside of 33.29%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	12.93
NetApp	$6.51B	2.89	$986M	$5.40	17.10

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

79.9% of EMC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of NetApp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of EMC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of NetApp shares are held 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.

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%

Is EMC or NTAP a better dividend stock?

EMC pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. EMC pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NetApp pays out 38.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EMC or NTAP?

NetApp received 135 more outperform votes than EMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.45% of users gave EMC an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMC	Outperform Votes 1012 80.45%	Underperform Votes 246 19.55%
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1147 53.45%	Underperform Votes 999 46.55%

Summary

NetApp beats EMC on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.