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$77.02 -0.35 (-0.45%)
As of 09/19/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

XYZ vs. CRWD, NTES, RBLX, NET, SNOW, INFY, DDOG, CRWV, TEAM, and VEEV

Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), Cloudflare (NET), Snowflake (SNOW), American Noble Gas (INFY), Datadog (DDOG), CoreWeave (CRWV), Atlassian (TEAM), and Veeva Systems (VEEV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Block vs. Its Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Block (NYSE:XYZ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.68, suggesting that its stock price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus price target of $473.85, suggesting a potential downside of 5.71%. Block has a consensus price target of $80.64, suggesting a potential upside of 4.70%. Given Block's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Block is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
0 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Block
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$3.95B31.90-$19.27M-$1.19-422.31
Block$24.12B1.95$2.90B$4.6716.49

Block has a net margin of 12.32% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -6.84%. Block's return on equity of 7.85% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-6.84% -1.53% -0.61%
Block 12.32%7.85%4.49%

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 145 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 147 mentions for CrowdStrike and 2 mentions for Block. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Block's score of 0.45 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
66 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
45 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Block
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Block beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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XYZ vs. The Competition

MetricBlockINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$47.16B$20.40B$32.06B$21.60B
Dividend YieldN/A3.50%3.14%3.52%
P/E Ratio16.4980.49451.0329.95
Price / Sales1.9587.701,998.7660.41
Price / Cash30.4686.3338.1224.97
Price / Book2.259.287.594.59
Net Income$2.90B$355.93M$809.77M$1.00B
7 Day Performance5.70%3.77%4.15%0.81%
1 Month Performance3.98%12.39%9.74%5.42%
1 Year PerformanceN/A87.87%24,064.88%14.47%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
3.4403 of 5 stars
$77.02
-0.5%
$80.64
+4.7%
N/A$47.16B$24.12B16.4911,372Insider Trade
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.0397 of 5 stars
$423.51
-1.1%
$460.10
+8.6%
+81.2%$106.28B$3.95B-355.8910,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NTES
NetEase
4.517 of 5 stars
$143.90
-0.1%
$128.78
-10.5%
+91.4%$91.17B$14.43B19.4726,028News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
RBLX
Roblox
2.8356 of 5 stars
$131.75
+2.6%
$123.16
-6.5%
+192.0%$84.98B$3.60B-92.132,474Positive News
NET
Cloudflare
3.8474 of 5 stars
$218.55
+0.3%
$191.28
-12.5%
+173.1%$76.16B$1.67B-642.794,263News Coverage
Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
4.2172 of 5 stars
$225.44
-0.5%
$255.53
+13.3%
+102.1%$75.27B$3.63B-54.327,834Trending News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.1844 of 5 stars
$17.02
+1.4%
$17.18
+0.9%
-24.9%$70.52B$19.50B22.10323,578Positive News
DDOG
Datadog
4.4294 of 5 stars
$140.46
+2.9%
$153.10
+9.0%
+20.2%$48.98B$2.68B401.336,500Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
CRWV
CoreWeave
1.598 of 5 stars
$100.22
+7.1%
$107.45
+7.2%
N/A$48.96B$3.53B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Lockup Expiration
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7105 of 5 stars
$182.36
+5.6%
$256.90
+40.9%
+3.6%$47.84B$5.22B-184.2013,813Trending News
Insider Trade
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.3664 of 5 stars
$282.51
-0.1%
$301.48
+6.7%
+29.2%$46.17B$2.97B58.017,291Trending News
Analyst Revision

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