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Block (XYZ) Competitors

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$73.42 -3.84 (-4.97%)
As of 02:17 PM Eastern

XYZ vs. SHOP, APP, CRWD, NTES, RBLX, INFY, SNOW, NET, CRWV, and TEAM

Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Cloudflare (NET), CoreWeave (CRWV), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Block vs. Its Competitors

Block (NYSE:XYZ) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Block has a beta of 2.74, meaning that its share price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Block shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Block presently has a consensus price target of $74.91, suggesting a potential upside of 2.03%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $120.34, suggesting a potential upside of 1.35%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Shopify.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Block
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Block's net margin of 10.84%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Block's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Block10.84% 5.71% 3.18%
Shopify 22.74%12.00%9.79%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Block$24.12B1.87$2.90B$4.1117.86
Shopify$9.38B16.43$2.02B$1.2396.54

In the previous week, Shopify had 43 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shopify and 4 mentions for Block. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Block's score of -0.74 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Block
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Shopify
40 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Block beats Shopify on 9 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 XYZ 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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XYZ vs. The Competition

MetricBlockINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.15B$18.71B$28.27B$20.34B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%3.05%3.64%
P/E Ratio17.8685.7748.1328.39
Price / Sales1.8761.411,518.6566.94
Price / Cash30.5593.6438.5222.95
Price / Book2.148.087.424.40
Net Income$2.90B$341.62M$782.10M$993.26M
7 Day Performance-9.03%-6.73%-3.71%-4.13%
1 Month Performance7.48%1.29%0.70%-1.32%
1 Year PerformanceN/A50.71%52,916.56%7.13%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
3.1151 of 5 stars
$73.42
-5.0%
$74.91
+2.0%
+24.9%$45.15B$24.12B17.8611,372Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
SHOP
Shopify
4.0013 of 5 stars
$123.71
-3.7%
$119.16
-3.7%
+99.7%$160.50B$9.38B79.8111,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
APP
AppLovin
3.8793 of 5 stars
$350.00
-4.4%
$438.43
+25.3%
+406.7%$118.44B$4.71B63.181,710Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1705 of 5 stars
$471.23
-2.1%
$460.93
-2.2%
+96.0%$117.45B$3.95B-682.9410,118Positive News
NTES
NetEase
3.782 of 5 stars
$139.49
+1.6%
$119.38
-14.4%
+41.5%$88.38B$14.43B20.0726,028News Coverage
Positive News
RBLX
Roblox
2.3981 of 5 stars
$120.14
-3.5%
$88.50
-26.3%
+231.5%$81.49B$3.60B-89.652,474Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.1521 of 5 stars
$18.25
+0.3%
$17.73
-2.9%
-24.4%$75.60B$19.28B24.01323,578Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
4.5132 of 5 stars
$212.67
-1.4%
$226.73
+6.6%
+71.7%$71.00B$3.63B-50.527,834Positive News
Gap Down
NET
Cloudflare
4.2473 of 5 stars
$190.68
-3.6%
$155.32
-18.5%
+167.9%$66.09B$1.67B-829.034,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$129.77
+3.9%
$85.25
-34.3%
N/A$62.29B$2.71B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
TEAM
Atlassian
4.801 of 5 stars
$198.44
+2.1%
$274.05
+38.1%
+8.6%$52.09B$4.96B-119.5412,157Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade

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