Toast (TOST) Competitors

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Toast (NYSE:TOST) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is RELX or TOST more profitable?

Toast has a net margin of 3.04% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Toast's return on equity of 11.01% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Relx	N/A	N/A	N/A
Toast	3.04%	11.01%	6.97%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RELX or TOST?

15.0% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Toast shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, RELX or TOST?

Relx has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toast has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend RELX or TOST?

Toast has a consensus target price of $43.42, suggesting a potential downside of 7.11%. Given Toast's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toast is more favorable than Relx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Relx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RELX or TOST?

Relx has higher revenue and earnings than Toast. Relx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, 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
Relx	$12.06B	7.86	$2.47B	$1.86	27.74
Toast	$4.96B	4.69	$19M	$0.23	203.22

Does the media refer more to RELX or TOST?

In the previous week, Toast had 18 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Toast and 11 mentions for Relx. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Relx's score of 0.75 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Relx	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toast	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Toast beats Relx on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.