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SE vs. EQIX, CSGP, EBAY, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, YELP, OPEN, ZD, and CMPR

Should you be buying SEA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEA include Equinix (EQIX), CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Ziff Davis (ZD), and Cimpress (CMPR). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

SEA vs. Its Competitors

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and SEA (NYSE:SE) are both large-cap internet software & services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

Equinix currently has a consensus price target of $957.27, indicating a potential upside of 24.04%. SEA has a consensus price target of $159.82, indicating a potential upside of 3.64%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
SEA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92

Equinix has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Equinix had 24 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Equinix and 20 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Equinix's score of 1.08 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equinix
22 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SEA
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equinix has a net margin of 11.11% compared to SEA's net margin of 4.87%. SEA's return on equity of 10.74% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equinix11.11% 7.22% 2.73%
SEA 4.87%10.74%3.98%

94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Equinix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SEA. Equinix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equinix$8.94B8.44$815M$10.2175.59
SEA$16.82B5.40$444.32M$1.42108.60

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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SE vs. The Competition

MetricSEAINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$92.28B$19.20B$29.03B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%3.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio108.6085.9248.1729.01
Price / Sales5.40154.471,545.8466.03
Price / Cash126.4092.4138.0722.82
Price / Book10.728.088.434.43
Net Income$444.32M$341.62M$782.80M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-2.24%-6.56%3.33%-3.39%
1 Month Performance3.21%0.43%-0.17%-2.10%
1 Year Performance153.89%56.28%52,721.68%10.09%

SEA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SE
SEA
2.3169 of 5 stars
$154.21
-1.6%
$159.82
+3.6%
+140.8%$92.28B$16.82B108.6080,700Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.9042 of 5 stars
$797.46
-0.5%
$957.05
+20.0%
-4.9%$78.08B$8.75B82.9713,606Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.8019 of 5 stars
$93.39
+0.5%
$93.25
-0.1%
+22.6%$39.58B$2.74B373.736,593Positive News
Insider Trade
EBAY
eBay
4.3134 of 5 stars
$79.06
-2.9%
$69.42
-12.2%
+63.2%$36.42B$10.31B18.8111,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
VRSN
VeriSign
4.0212 of 5 stars
$306.20
+0.1%
$277.50
-9.4%
+40.9%$28.80B$1.60B36.60920Buyback Announcement
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7022 of 5 stars
$79.57
-1.5%
$101.25
+27.3%
-22.1%$11.64B$3.99B26.8010,700Upcoming Earnings
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.7145 of 5 stars
$140.25
+2.8%
$187.00
+33.3%
-50.3%$5.32B$637.77M65.462,783Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
YELP
Yelp
3.7594 of 5 stars
$34.81
+0.3%
$34.00
-2.3%
-7.2%$2.22B$1.41B16.755,116Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
2.5151 of 5 stars
$2.35
-7.7%
$1.55
-33.9%
-1.4%$1.70B$5.15B-4.491,470Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.939 of 5 stars
$32.65
-0.4%
$47.00
+44.0%
-34.6%$1.37B$1.40B19.773,800News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CMPR
Cimpress
4.0349 of 5 stars
$49.20
+1.5%
$62.50
+27.0%
-44.4%$1.23B$3.29B8.4216,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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