COIN vs. PYPL, SQ, GPN, FLT, AFRM, JPM, AXP, NU, SYF, and SOFI
Should you be buying Coinbase Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coinbase Global include PayPal (PYPL), Block (SQ), Global Payments (GPN), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Affirm (AFRM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), American Express (AXP), NU (NU), Synchrony Financial (SYF), and SoFi Technologies (SOFI).
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to PayPal's net margin of 14.26%. PayPal's return on equity of 21.58% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coinbase Global presently has a consensus price target of $214.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.98%. PayPal has a consensus price target of $73.59, suggesting a potential upside of 16.83%. Given PayPal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
PayPal received 1659 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.34% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 42.81% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Coinbase Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PayPal had 21 more articles in the media than Coinbase Global. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for PayPal and 38 mentions for Coinbase Global. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat PayPal's score of 0.69 indicating that Coinbase Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.46, indicating that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PayPal beats Coinbase Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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