PINS vs. SHOP, PLTR, TTD, SNOW, DDOG, BIDU, VEEV, NET, RBLX, and SNAP
Should you be buying Pinterest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinterest include Shopify (SHOP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Trade Desk (TTD), Snowflake (SNOW), Datadog (DDOG), Baidu (BIDU), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), and Snap (SNAP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Shopify had 2 more articles in the media than Pinterest. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Shopify and 24 mentions for Pinterest. Pinterest's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Shopify's score of 0.54 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shopify has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest. Shopify is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinterest has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Shopify's net margin of -2.82%. Shopify's return on equity of 7.36% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Pinterest has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.8% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are held 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.
Pinterest currently has a consensus target price of $42.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.41%. Shopify has a consensus target price of $77.62, indicating a potential upside of 29.54%. Given Shopify's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shopify is more favorable than Pinterest.
Shopify received 1127 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.81% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
Summary
Shopify beats Pinterest on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PINS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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