SE vs. STM, VRT, BIDU, CTSH, MPWR, CDW, VEEV, A, AME, and TTD
Should you be buying SEA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEA include STMicroelectronics (STM), Vertiv (VRT), Baidu (BIDU), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), CDW (CDW), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Agilent Technologies (A), AMETEK (AME), and Trade Desk (TTD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SEA (NYSE:SE) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
STMicroelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than SEA. STMicroelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of STMicroelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
STMicroelectronics received 38 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.78% of users gave SEA an outperform vote while only 62.07% of users gave STMicroelectronics an outperform vote.
STMicroelectronics has a net margin of 22.30% compared to SEA's net margin of 1.27%. STMicroelectronics' return on equity of 22.95% beat SEA's return on equity.
SEA currently has a consensus target price of $71.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.80%. STMicroelectronics has a consensus target price of $50.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.62%. Given STMicroelectronics' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe STMicroelectronics is more favorable than SEA.
In the previous week, STMicroelectronics had 1 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for STMicroelectronics and 6 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat STMicroelectronics' score of 0.15 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SEA has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STMicroelectronics has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
STMicroelectronics beats SEA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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