EMC (EMC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTAP or EMC?

NetApp received 134 more outperform votes than EMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.45% of users gave EMC an outperform vote while only 53.43% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1146 53.43%	Underperform Votes 999 46.57%
EMC	Outperform Votes 1012 80.45%	Underperform Votes 246 19.55%

Is NTAP or EMC a better dividend stock?

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. EMC pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. NetApp pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMC pays out 22.4% 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 media refer more to NTAP or EMC?

In the previous week, NetApp had 22 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for NetApp and 6 mentions for EMC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat EMC's score of 0.00 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NetApp	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

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

Do analysts recommend NTAP or EMC?

NetApp presently has a consensus price target of $123.07, suggesting a potential upside of 40.07%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NetApp is more favorable than EMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetApp	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
EMC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NTAP or EMC 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
NetApp	17.78%	123.63%	13.03%
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NTAP or EMC?

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
NetApp	$6.51B	2.75	$986M	$5.40	16.27
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.05	12.83

Summary

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