NU vs. SPOT, CPRT, RSG, MRVL, PLTR, SQ, PAYX, WCN, FIS, and TT
Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include Spotify Technology (SPOT), Copart (CPRT), Republic Services (RSG), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Block (SQ), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Trane Technologies (TT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NU (NYSE:NU) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, NU had 4 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for NU and 29 mentions for Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat NU's score of 0.19 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NU has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of -0.80%. NU's return on equity of 20.02% beat Spotify Technology's return on equity.
NU has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NU presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.97%. Spotify Technology has a consensus target price of $306.42, suggesting a potential upside of 4.01%. Given Spotify Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spotify Technology is more favorable than NU.
Spotify Technology received 335 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NU has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NU and Spotify Technology tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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