SQ vs. PLTR, GEN, DOCU, PAYX, WCN, FIS, NU, CPRT, MRVL, and IT
Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Gen Digital (GEN), DocuSign (DOCU), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), NU (NU), Copart (CPRT), Marvell Technology (MRVL), and Gartner (IT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Block (NYSE:SQ) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Block shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 0.04%. Block's return on equity of 6.17% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Palantir Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Block.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 27 mentions for Block. Block's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.51 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $18.35, indicating a potential downside of 15.14%. Block has a consensus price target of $85.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
Block received 1338 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 46.54% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Palantir Technologies beats Block on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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