Block (SQ) Competitors

Block (NYSE:SQ) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SQ or ADBE?

70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Block shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SQ or ADBE?

Block presently has a consensus target price of $97.68, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $573.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.42%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Block.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Block	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	27 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Adobe	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Which has more risk & volatility, SQ or ADBE?

Block has a beta of 2.51, meaning that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SQ or ADBE?

In the previous week, Adobe had 52 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for Adobe and 42 mentions for Block. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Block's score of 0.50 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Block	17 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adobe	72 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SQ or ADBE?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Block	$21.92B	2.46	$9.77M	$1.78	48.92
Adobe	$21.51B	8.83	$5.56B	$12.40	35.16

Is SQ or ADBE more profitable?

Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Block's net margin of 4.73%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.87% beat Block's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Block	4.73%	5.24%	2.81%
Adobe	25.85%	45.87%	22.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SQ or ADBE?

Adobe received 232 more outperform votes than Block when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 69.59% of users gave Block an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Block	Outperform Votes 1446 69.59%	Underperform Votes 632 30.41%
Adobe	Outperform Votes 1678 70.77%	Underperform Votes 693 29.23%

Summary

Adobe beats Block on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.