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Block (XYZ) Competitors

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$65.12 +0.31 (+0.48%)
As of 06/26/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

XYZ vs. SHOP, CRWD, MSTR, NTES, CDNS, SNPS, SNOW, RBLX, ADSK, and NET

Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Strategy (MSTR), NetEase (NTES), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), Autodesk (ADSK), and Cloudflare (NET).

Block vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Shopify22.74% 12.00% 9.79%
Block 10.84%5.71%3.18%

Shopify has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.75, suggesting that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Shopify presently has a consensus price target of $115.66, indicating a potential upside of 2.29%. Block has a consensus price target of $75.42, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Block is more favorable than Shopify.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Block
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

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
Shopify$9.38B15.64$2.02B$1.2391.93
Block$24.12B1.66$2.90B$4.1115.84

In the previous week, Shopify had 28 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Shopify and 5 mentions for Block. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Block's score of 0.58 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shopify
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Block
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

69.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Block shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Shopify beats Block 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$39.86B$17.71B$27.34B$20.03B
Dividend YieldN/A2.63%2.94%3.80%
P/E Ratio15.8465.9335.6327.36
Price / Sales1.6664.542,369.3335.42
Price / Cash25.5290.5137.3321.40
Price / Book1.908.376.984.46
Net Income$2.90B$334.48M$777.54M$987.50M
7 Day Performance2.29%2.57%2.57%1.76%
1 Month Performance4.81%-0.66%4.43%2.99%
1 Year PerformanceN/A54.31%52,285.74%11.11%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
3.8151 of 5 stars
$65.12
+0.5%
$75.42
+15.8%
N/A$39.86B$24.12B15.8411,372News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
SHOP
Shopify
3.9021 of 5 stars
$108.36
+2.9%
$115.66
+6.7%
+72.8%$140.35B$9.38B69.9311,600Positive News
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3713 of 5 stars
$479.30
-0.3%
$453.17
-5.5%
+32.8%$118.92B$4.14B940.764,960Trending News
Insider Trade
MSTR
Strategy
4.5035 of 5 stars
$378.53
-1.1%
$514.42
+35.9%
+165.1%$103.58B$459.28M-67.262,150Trending News
NTES
NetEase
3.8639 of 5 stars
$131.68
+1.8%
$119.38
-9.3%
+37.4%$83.42B$107.27B20.6732,100
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.3213 of 5 stars
$298.47
-0.5%
$325.23
+9.0%
-1.8%$81.45B$4.87B77.2910,200Positive News
SNPS
Synopsys
4.7046 of 5 stars
$474.24
-1.0%
$607.14
+28.0%
-17.2%$73.61B$6.22B32.6719,000Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.6647 of 5 stars
$208.67
+0.2%
$223.50
+7.1%
+71.8%$69.68B$3.84B-61.573,990Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
RBLX
Roblox
2.5041 of 5 stars
$100.41
+3.3%
$76.09
-24.2%
+184.4%$68.09B$3.84B-69.232,130Trending News
Insider Trade
ADSK
Autodesk
4.639 of 5 stars
$297.70
+1.9%
$337.45
+13.4%
+25.3%$63.71B$6.35B59.0712,600Positive News
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.6864 of 5 stars
$177.50
+3.2%
$145.92
-17.8%
+140.8%$61.61B$1.77B-807.953,220Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:XYZ) was last updated on 6/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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