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SNAP vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT, ROKU, PINS, SPOT, and DDOG

Should you be buying Snap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Roku (ROKU), Pinterest (PINS), Spotify Technology (SPOT), and Datadog (DDOG).

Snap vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Apple had 304 more articles in the media than Snap. MarketBeat recorded 344 mentions for Apple and 40 mentions for Snap. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Snap's score of 0.31 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
214 Very Positive mention(s)
34 Positive mention(s)
69 Neutral mention(s)
18 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Snap
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Apple has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Snap's net margin of -9.69%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Snap's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Snap -9.69%-23.32%-6.91%

Apple presently has a consensus target price of $240.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Snap has a consensus target price of $34.16, suggesting a potential upside of 349.20%. Given Snap's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Snap is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Snap
2 Sell rating(s)
23 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$408.63B8.60$93.74B$6.5935.94
Snap$5.36B2.40-$697.86M-$0.32-23.77

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Snap shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Apple beats Snap on 16 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 SNAP 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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SNAP vs. The Competition

MetricSnapINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.83B$19.95B$31.71B$21.51B
Dividend YieldN/A3.48%3.14%3.49%
P/E Ratio-23.7379.69442.5829.84
Price / Sales2.4083.041,673.6352.74
Price / CashN/A85.3334.5918.13
Price / Book5.178.767.344.66
Net Income-$697.86M$355.93M$808.30M$999.94M
7 Day Performance5.26%2.66%2.61%0.92%
1 Month Performance6.36%6.80%5.19%4.68%
1 Year Performance-20.12%71.17%24,396.61%16.76%

Snap Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SNAP
Snap
2.6469 of 5 stars
$7.43
+1.2%
$34.16
+360.1%
-22.9%$12.54B$5.36B-23.204,911Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
AAPL
Apple
4.7181 of 5 stars
$237.70
-0.8%
$238.99
+0.5%
+5.2%$3.53T$391.04B36.07164,000Trending News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8467 of 5 stars
$235.83
+1.5%
$262.87
+11.5%
+22.3%$2.52T$637.96B35.961,556,000Trending News
GOOG
Alphabet
4.593 of 5 stars
$234.36
-0.3%
$227.56
-2.9%
+52.4%$2.83T$350.02B24.96190,200Trending News
Short Interest ↓
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8894 of 5 stars
$234.07
-0.3%
$221.44
-5.4%
+52.9%$2.83T$350.02B24.93183,323Trending News
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META
Meta Platforms
4.3173 of 5 stars
$758.45
+0.8%
$822.41
+8.4%
+44.0%$1.91T$164.50B27.4674,067Positive News
Dividend Announcement
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9339 of 5 stars
$498.06
+0.6%
$612.54
+23.0%
+18.4%$3.70T$281.72B36.51228,000Trending News
ROKU
Roku
2.7281 of 5 stars
$99.56
+4.5%
$100.36
+0.8%
+26.5%$14.61B$4.11B-236.183,340Short Interest ↓
PINS
Pinterest
4.0747 of 5 stars
$38.09
+0.4%
$42.40
+11.3%
+21.4%$25.89B$3.65B13.654,666Positive News
SPOT
Spotify Technology
4.6409 of 5 stars
$712.94
+0.8%
$720.07
+1.0%
+106.2%$145.63B$16.96B172.677,691
DDOG
Datadog
4.4334 of 5 stars
$135.91
-0.1%
$153.10
+12.7%
+24.9%$47.44B$2.68B388.656,500Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:SNAP) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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