Switch (NYSE:SWCH) Vs. FDS, WB, GDS, WIX, DOCN, BMBL, MDLA, DADA, TRIP, and DV
Should you be buying Switch stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Switch include FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Weibo (WB), GDS (GDS), Wix.com (WIX), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Bumble (BMBL), Medallia (MDLA), Dada Nexus (DADA), TripAdvisor (TRIP), and DoubleVerify (DV). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
Switch vs.
Switch (NYSE:SWCH) and Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
Switch has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weibo has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.7% of Switch shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Weibo shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.2% of Switch shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Weibo has a net margin of 9.62% compared to Switch's net margin of 5.23%. Weibo's return on equity of 6.78% beat Switch's return on equity.
Switch currently has a consensus price target of $25.11, indicating a potential downside of 0.63%. Weibo has a consensus price target of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Given Weibo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Weibo is more favorable than Switch.
Weibo received 228 more outperform votes than Switch when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.48% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Switch an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Switch had 12 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Switch and 3 mentions for Weibo. Switch's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Weibo's score of -0.23 indicating that Switch is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than Switch. Weibo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Switch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Weibo beats Switch on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SWCH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia 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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