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$61.74 -0.41 (-0.66%)
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XYZ vs. SHOP, MSTR, CRWD, CDNS, SNPS, NTES, ADSK, SNOW, TEAM, and NET

Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include Shopify (SHOP), Strategy (MSTR), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), NetEase (NTES), Autodesk (ADSK), Snowflake (SNOW), Atlassian (TEAM), and Cloudflare (NET). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Block vs.

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

Block currently has a consensus price target of $75.23, indicating a potential upside of 21.84%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $115.37, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Block is more favorable than Shopify.

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

70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Block shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Block received 47 more outperform votes than Shopify when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.44% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 66.30% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlockOutperform Votes
1477
69.44%
Underperform Votes
650
30.56%
ShopifyOutperform Votes
1430
66.30%
Underperform Votes
727
33.70%

In the previous week, Shopify had 27 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Shopify and 13 mentions for Block. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Block's score of -0.38 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Block
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shopify
28 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Block's net margin of 11.92%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Block's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Block11.92% 5.80% 3.08%
Shopify 22.74%12.00%9.79%

Block has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Shopify has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Block. 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
Block$23.94B1.59$9.77M$4.1115.02
Shopify$9.38B14.79$2.02B$1.2387.08

Summary

Shopify beats Block on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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XYZ vs. The Competition

MetricBlockPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.97B$26.60B$7.75B$19.40B
Dividend YieldN/A1.73%2.67%3.91%
P/E Ratio13.57121.3433.4534.83
Price / Sales1.5915.71366.3242.55
Price / CashN/A86.0630.9317.51
Price / Book2.039.485.454.74
Net Income$9.77M$436.62M$195.65M$1.02B
7 Day Performance11.24%4.98%1.43%1.21%
1 Month Performance5.92%15.21%8.77%4.99%
1 Year PerformanceN/A23.54%18.68%5.80%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
4.2678 of 5 stars
$61.74
-0.7%
$75.23
+21.8%
N/A$37.97B$23.94B13.5712,985Analyst Forecast
SHOP
Shopify
3.9696 of 5 stars
$109.26
-1.3%
$115.37
+5.6%
+87.4%$141.47B$9.38B70.4911,600Trending News
Short Interest ↓
MSTR
Strategy
4.4909 of 5 stars
$409.67
+2.5%
$514.42
+25.6%
+120.9%$112.01B$459.28M-72.732,150Trending News
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.2628 of 5 stars
$442.76
+0.8%
$403.56
-8.9%
+34.4%$109.75B$3.95B868.174,960Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.6548 of 5 stars
$320.71
-0.3%
$325.23
+1.4%
+9.8%$87.57B$4.87B83.0910,200Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SNPS
Synopsys
4.9099 of 5 stars
$515.00
+0.1%
$613.43
+19.1%
-12.9%$79.63B$6.07B35.4719,000Positive News
NTES
NetEase
4.2379 of 5 stars
$118.47
-0.9%
$119.38
+0.8%
+37.4%$75.06B$105.30B18.6032,100Positive News
ADSK
Autodesk
4.3602 of 5 stars
$296.39
-0.6%
$321.32
+8.4%
+39.8%$63.41B$6.13B58.8112,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SNOW
Snowflake
3.7081 of 5 stars
$182.23
-0.5%
$200.28
+9.9%
+32.0%$60.15B$3.63B-53.763,990Trending News
Earnings Report
Options Volume
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8511 of 5 stars
$215.26
-2.5%
$285.29
+32.5%
+25.0%$56.51B$4.96B-160.648,810Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
NET
Cloudflare
3.8505 of 5 stars
$158.26
+0.7%
$141.79
-10.4%
+118.0%$54.61B$1.77B-719.373,220Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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