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

Should you be buying SEA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEA include Equinix (EQIX), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), and QuinStreet (QNST). 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Equinix has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Equinix has a net margin of 10.48% 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
Equinix10.48% 6.96% 2.66%
SEA 4.87%10.74%3.98%

94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$8.85B8.71$815M$9.6281.86
SEA$16.82B5.23$444.32M$1.42105.18

In the previous week, Equinix had 22 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Equinix and 24 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Equinix's score of 0.64 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equinix
21 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SEA
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equinix currently has a consensus price target of $960.55, indicating a potential upside of 21.97%. SEA has a consensus price target of $153.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.55%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04
SEA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

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$87.99B$18.06B$27.57B$20.64B
Dividend YieldN/A2.53%3.12%3.74%
P/E Ratio105.1874.3037.0328.10
Price / Sales5.23314.702,036.2754.27
Price / Cash120.5691.7037.8322.31
Price / Book10.388.687.254.59
Net Income$444.32M$337.50M$763.57M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-6.29%3.58%2.71%2.79%
1 Month Performance-11.19%2.46%5.98%5.41%
1 Year Performance108.92%67.59%52,290.43%14.62%

SEA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SE
SEA
2.7212 of 5 stars
$149.36
0.0%
$153.17
+2.5%
+108.9%$87.99B$16.82B105.1880,700Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.8281 of 5 stars
$788.42
+0.4%
$977.30
+24.0%
+5.1%$77.12B$8.75B81.9612,100Analyst Forecast
EBAY
eBay
4.3976 of 5 stars
$74.19
+0.6%
$67.85
-8.6%
+45.1%$34.20B$10.28B17.6611,600Trending News
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CSGP
CoStar Group
2.5923 of 5 stars
$80.48
-0.3%
$87.69
+9.0%
+11.1%$33.95B$2.74B277.525,650Positive News
VRSN
VeriSign
3.801 of 5 stars
$289.40
+0.6%
$267.50
-7.6%
+60.7%$27.17B$1.58B35.38920Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7751 of 5 stars
$79.73
+0.2%
$101.25
+27.0%
-12.3%$11.66B$3.99B26.8510,700Positive News
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.6625 of 5 stars
$136.80
+2.8%
$192.56
+40.8%
-25.6%$5.20B$637.77M63.932,783Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.8705 of 5 stars
$34.53
+0.4%
$34.00
-1.5%
-2.6%$2.20B$1.41B16.605,116
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.5609 of 5 stars
$30.43
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$47.00
+54.5%
-40.6%$1.28B$1.40B18.443,800
CMPR
Cimpress
4.5863 of 5 stars
$47.35
+1.2%
$62.50
+32.0%
-44.6%$1.18B$3.29B8.0816,000
QNST
QuinStreet
3.1299 of 5 stars
$16.11
+2.4%
$29.00
+80.0%
+0.8%$909.73M$613.51M-1,609.39790

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