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

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), Electronic Arts (EA), and Zscaler (ZS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Block vs. Its Competitors

Block (NYSE:XYZ) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Block presently has a consensus price target of $82.42, indicating a potential upside of 3.61%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $496.47, indicating a potential downside of 5.85%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Block
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 62 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for CrowdStrike and 8 mentions for Block. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Block's score of 0.61 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Block
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CrowdStrike
50 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Block shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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
Block12.32% 7.85% 4.49%
CrowdStrike -6.84%-1.53%-0.61%

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
Block$23.83B2.03$2.90B$4.6717.04
CrowdStrike$4.34B30.48-$19.27M-$1.19-443.13

Summary

Block beats CrowdStrike on 12 of the 17 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$48.49B$19.74B$33.03B$21.99B
Dividend YieldN/A3.70%3.18%3.57%
P/E Ratio17.0476.38104.5833.34
Price / Sales2.03116.711,291.2493.03
Price / Cash30.9383.8538.0824.54
Price / Book2.329.277.624.66
Net Income$2.90B$356.34M$820.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.78%4.64%2.45%2.22%
1 Month Performance7.90%1.43%3.61%2.07%
1 Year PerformanceN/A63.57%24,146.24%14.05%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
3.833 of 5 stars
$79.56
+1.3%
$82.42
+3.6%
N/A$48.49B$23.83B17.0411,372Analyst Upgrade
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.0704 of 5 stars
$488.94
-3.9%
$494.02
+1.0%
+73.2%$122.70B$3.95B-410.8710,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NTES
NetEase
4.4913 of 5 stars
$145.99
-2.3%
$142.30
-2.5%
+86.0%$92.50B$14.43B19.7626,028Positive News
Short Interest ↓
RBLX
Roblox
2.295 of 5 stars
$133.42
+4.0%
$128.31
-3.8%
+206.0%$86.06B$3.60B-93.302,474Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SNOW
Snowflake
3.9492 of 5 stars
$241.39
-2.4%
$256.18
+6.1%
+124.4%$81.78B$3.63B-58.177,834Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NET
Cloudflare
4.1508 of 5 stars
$217.74
-2.2%
$196.54
-9.7%
+143.6%$75.88B$1.67B-640.414,263Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.0899 of 5 stars
$16.47
-1.9%
$17.18
+4.3%
-20.6%$68.25B$19.28B21.38323,578Positive News
CRWV
CoreWeave
0.9117 of 5 stars
$134.06
-5.3%
$127.64
-4.8%
N/A$65.50BN/A0.00881Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
DDOG
Datadog
4.1981 of 5 stars
$160.88
-2.0%
$159.54
-0.8%
+26.3%$56.11B$2.68B459.676,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
EA
Electronic Arts
4.1389 of 5 stars
$200.20
0.0%
$177.00
-11.6%
+38.5%$50.09B$7.46B50.1814,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
3.4547 of 5 stars
$301.80
-3.6%
$307.43
+1.9%
+75.6%$47.77B$2.67B-1,117.787,923News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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