RELX vs. PYPL, UBER, MSCI, CSGP, DASH, FICO, PANW, SNPS, SNOW, and KLAC
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include PayPal (PYPL), Uber Technologies (UBER), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), DoorDash (DASH), Fair Isaac (FICO), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Synopsys (SNPS), Snowflake (SNOW), and KLA (KLAC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Relx vs.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Relx (NYSE:RELX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.
PayPal received 1362 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.01% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
72.1% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PayPal presently has a consensus target price of $100.85, suggesting a potential upside of 67.47%. Given Relx's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Relx is more favorable than PayPal.
PayPal has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PayPal had 22 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for PayPal and 3 mentions for Relx. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Relx's score of 0.33 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PayPal has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. PayPal's return on equity of 19.34% beat Relx's return on equity.
Summary
PayPal beats Relx on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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