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XYZ vs. CRWD, NTES, RBLX, SNOW, NET, INFY, CRWV, DDOG, VEEV, and EA

Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), Snowflake (SNOW), Cloudflare (NET), American Noble Gas (INFY), CoreWeave (CRWV), Datadog (DDOG), Veeva Systems (VEEV), and Electronic Arts (EA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Block vs. Its Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Block (NYSE:XYZ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Block shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Block has a net margin of 12.32% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -6.84%. Block's return on equity of 7.85% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-6.84% -1.53% -0.61%
Block 12.32%7.85%4.49%

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.71, meaning that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 69 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for CrowdStrike and 13 mentions for Block. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Block's score of -0.27 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
57 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Block
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$4.34B27.67-$19.27M-$1.19-402.18
Block$23.83B1.92$2.90B$4.6716.07

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus price target of $494.02, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Block has a consensus price target of $80.64, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Block is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Block
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

Summary

Block beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$45.73B$19.20B$32.56B$21.76B
Dividend YieldN/A3.55%3.19%3.62%
P/E Ratio16.0672.53492.6329.90
Price / Sales1.92133.271,488.4497.01
Price / Cash30.0082.7537.7924.26
Price / Book2.199.327.574.64
Net Income$2.90B$356.34M$820.59M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-7.07%-3.12%-0.97%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-0.97%-0.07%5.00%0.62%
1 Year PerformanceN/A79.59%23,953.80%11.97%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
3.5312 of 5 stars
$74.60
-2.0%
$80.64
+8.1%
N/A$45.41B$23.83B15.9511,372News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4699 of 5 stars
$484.62
-2.3%
$487.11
+0.5%
+61.8%$121.62B$4.34B-407.2410,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NTES
NetEase
4.4071 of 5 stars
$149.59
-1.0%
$132.00
-11.8%
+80.9%$94.78B$14.43B20.2426,028Positive News
Short Interest ↓
RBLX
Roblox
2.1563 of 5 stars
$124.86
-1.1%
$126.72
+1.5%
+239.6%$80.54B$3.60B-87.312,474Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNOW
Snowflake
4.2011 of 5 stars
$235.34
-3.0%
$255.53
+8.6%
+96.2%$79.73B$4.12B-56.717,834
NET
Cloudflare
4.0667 of 5 stars
$217.67
-1.5%
$191.28
-12.1%
+132.5%$75.86B$1.88B-640.224,263Positive News
Insider Trade
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.1709 of 5 stars
$16.39
-1.8%
$17.18
+4.8%
-28.4%$67.95B$19.28B21.29323,578News Coverage
Earnings Report
CRWV
CoreWeave
1.6846 of 5 stars
$128.83
-3.8%
$127.64
-0.9%
N/A$62.94B$3.53B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
DDOG
Datadog
4.2608 of 5 stars
$154.52
-1.8%
$156.69
+1.4%
+26.1%$53.89B$3.02B441.506,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VEEV
Veeva Systems
3.993 of 5 stars
$306.45
+2.2%
$306.72
+0.1%
+36.8%$50.23B$2.75B62.937,291
EA
Electronic Arts
4.1474 of 5 stars
$200.02
-0.2%
$177.00
-11.5%
+37.1%$50.05B$7.46B50.1314,500Positive News

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