COIN vs. SQ, PYPL, GPN, SYF, AFRM, BILL, DLO, MQ, AXP, and TRV
Should you be buying Coinbase Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coinbase Global include Block (SQ), PayPal (PYPL), Global Payments (GPN), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Affirm (AFRM), BILL (BILL), DLocal (DLO), Marqeta (MQ), American Express (AXP), and Travelers Companies (TRV).
Block (NYSE:SQ) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Coinbase Global's net margin of 2.18%. Block's return on equity of 9.42% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
Coinbase Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Block. Coinbase Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Block, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Block has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.46, suggesting that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Block received 1294 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 42.96% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
Block presently has a consensus price target of $87.59, suggesting a potential upside of 22.01%. Coinbase Global has a consensus price target of $208.72, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. Given Coinbase Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 33 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Coinbase Global and 17 mentions for Block. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Block's score of 0.47 indicating that Block is being referred to more favorably in the media.
70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Block shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of Coinbase Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Block beats Coinbase Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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