SNAP vs. ZM, PINS, BZ, WIX, YNDX, DV, BIDU, TTD, UMC, and ENTG
Should you be buying Snap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap include Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), Kanzhun (BZ), Wix.com (WIX), Yandex (YNDX), DoubleVerify (DV), Baidu (BIDU), Trade Desk (TTD), United Microelectronics (UMC), and Entegris (ENTG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ:ZM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Snap has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoom Video Communications has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Zoom Video Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zoom Video Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zoom Video Communications has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Snap's net margin of -28.71%. Zoom Video Communications' return on equity of 9.68% beat Snap's return on equity.
47.5% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.5% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Snap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Zoom Video Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Snap received 777 more outperform votes than Zoom Video Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.67% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Zoom Video Communications an outperform vote.
Snap presently has a consensus target price of $13.86, suggesting a potential upside of 25.24%. Zoom Video Communications has a consensus target price of $77.56, suggesting a potential upside of 28.00%. Given Zoom Video Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Zoom Video Communications is more favorable than Snap.
In the previous week, Zoom Video Communications had 10 more articles in the media than Snap. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Zoom Video Communications and 8 mentions for Snap. Zoom Video Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Snap's score of 0.62 indicating that Zoom Video Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Zoom Video Communications beats Snap on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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