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U vs. AAPL, APP, NET, PATH, RBLX, SHOP, SNOW, W, TEAM, and DDOG

Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include Apple (AAPL), AppLovin (APP), Cloudflare (NET), UiPath (PATH), Roblox (RBLX), Shopify (SHOP), Snowflake (SNOW), Wayfair (W), Atlassian (TEAM), and Datadog (DDOG).

Unity Software vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Unity Software (NYSE:U) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, Apple had 355 more articles in the media than Unity Software. MarketBeat recorded 370 mentions for Apple and 15 mentions for Unity Software. Unity Software's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Apple's score of 0.80 indicating that Unity Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
185 Very Positive mention(s)
53 Positive mention(s)
73 Neutral mention(s)
34 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unity Software
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Unity Software. Unity Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B7.70$93.74B$6.5930.79
Unity Software$1.81B7.79-$664.11M-$1.12-30.35

Apple has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unity Software has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple currently has a consensus target price of $237.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Unity Software has a consensus target price of $27.22, indicating a potential downside of 19.92%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Unity Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Unity Software
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -25.21%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Unity Software's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Unity Software -25.21%-14.12%-6.73%

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Apple beats Unity Software on 11 of the 16 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 U 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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U vs. The Competition

MetricUnity SoftwareINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.14B$19.22B$29.26B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/A3.04%3.08%3.68%
P/E Ratio-30.3583.0649.2129.31
Price / Sales7.7970.011,487.4864.14
Price / CashN/A83.6036.6723.31
Price / Book4.298.247.424.40
Net Income-$664.11M$344.92M$802.59M$995.90M
7 Day Performance4.58%-2.76%-1.69%-0.85%
1 Month Performance30.06%1.08%0.70%0.39%
1 Year Performance134.98%72.58%53,048.49%16.86%

Unity Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
U
Unity Software
1.7977 of 5 stars
$33.99
-0.1%
$27.22
-19.9%
+121.6%$14.14B$1.81B-30.354,987Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
AAPL
Apple
4.9185 of 5 stars
$214.42
+0.3%
$234.94
+9.6%
-7.5%$3.20T$391.04B33.41164,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
APP
AppLovin
3.9921 of 5 stars
$365.55
+1.6%
$447.57
+22.4%
+474.8%$123.96B$4.71B66.121,710Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
NET
Cloudflare
4.2655 of 5 stars
$199.37
+4.1%
$158.52
-20.5%
+162.3%$69.14B$1.67B-867.274,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
PATH
UiPath
2.8159 of 5 stars
$12.29
-0.3%
$13.83
+12.6%
-0.7%$6.57B$1.43B-102.373,868Analyst Downgrade
RBLX
Roblox
3.1395 of 5 stars
$120.13
+1.7%
$95.95
-20.1%
+234.7%$81.44B$3.60B-89.602,474Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
SHOP
Shopify
4.0033 of 5 stars
$124.42
+1.9%
$119.16
-4.2%
+130.0%$161.69B$9.38B80.4011,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SNOW
Snowflake
4.4876 of 5 stars
$220.26
+2.4%
$226.73
+2.9%
+74.0%$73.69B$3.63B-52.437,834Trending News
Insider Trade
W
Wayfair
3.2023 of 5 stars
$64.97
+3.0%
$47.42
-27.0%
+54.0%$8.34B$11.85B-22.7913,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7949 of 5 stars
$202.62
+1.4%
$274.05
+35.2%
+29.2%$53.19B$4.96B-122.0712,157Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
DDOG
Datadog
4.5107 of 5 stars
$148.93
+1.6%
$146.79
-1.4%
+29.7%$51.48B$2.68B324.056,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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