Unity Software (U) Competitors

Unity Software (NYSE:U) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of U or DBX?

82.5% of Unity Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Unity Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Dropbox shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is U or DBX more profitable?

Dropbox has a net margin of 22.86% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -63.42%. Unity Software's return on equity of -23.63% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unity Software	-63.42%	-23.63%	-10.80%
Dropbox	22.86%	-68.16%	10.66%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, U or DBX?

Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than Unity Software. Unity Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dropbox, 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
Unity Software	$1.57 billion	7.47	-$921.06 million	-$3.02	-10.26
Dropbox	$2.32 billion	3.56	$553.20 million	$1.53	15.48

Which has more volatility and risk, U or DBX?

Unity Software has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer U or DBX?

In the previous week, Unity Software had 10 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Unity Software and 6 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Unity Software's score of -0.14 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unity Software	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dropbox	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend U or DBX?

Unity Software currently has a consensus target price of $40.06, indicating a potential upside of 29.23%. Dropbox has a consensus target price of $26.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.42%. Given Unity Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Unity Software is more favorable than Dropbox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unity Software	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Dropbox	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the MarketBeat Community favor U or DBX?

Dropbox received 283 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 54.03% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unity Software	Outperform Votes 67 54.03%	Underperform Votes 57 45.97%
Dropbox	Outperform Votes 350 68.90%	Underperform Votes 158 31.10%

Summary

Dropbox beats Unity Software on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.