PLTR vs. SQ, GEN, NU, PAYX, CPRT, WCN, FIS, MRVL, RSG, and SPOT
Should you be buying Palantir Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palantir Technologies include Block (SQ), Gen Digital (GEN), NU (NU), Paychex (PAYX), Copart (CPRT), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Republic Services (RSG), and Spotify Technology (SPOT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Block (NYSE:SQ) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Block received 1338 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 46.54% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 27 mentions for Block. Block's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.52 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Block shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Palantir Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Block.
Block has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Block currently has a consensus price target of $85.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.73%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus price target of $18.35, indicating a potential downside of 12.84%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Block is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 0.04%. Block's return on equity of 6.17% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Palantir Technologies beats Block on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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