APLD vs. RAMP, YY, ETWO, LZ, STER, UPWK, SSTK, CARS, CSGS, and TASK
Should you be buying Applied Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Digital include LiveRamp (RAMP), JOYY (YY), E2open Parent (ETWO), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Sterling Check (STER), Upwork (UPWK), Shutterstock (SSTK), Cars.com (CARS), CSG Systems International (CSGS), and TaskUs (TASK). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
LiveRamp has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Applied Digital has a beta of 4.29, meaning that its share price is 329% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Applied Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, LiveRamp had 2 more articles in the media than Applied Digital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LiveRamp and 6 mentions for Applied Digital. Applied Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat LiveRamp's score of 0.54 indicating that LiveRamp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LiveRamp has a net margin of 1.80% compared to LiveRamp's net margin of -61.84%. Applied Digital's return on equity of 3.27% beat LiveRamp's return on equity.
LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Applied Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LiveRamp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LiveRamp received 140 more outperform votes than Applied Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote.
LiveRamp currently has a consensus price target of $50.25, suggesting a potential upside of 60.59%. Applied Digital has a consensus price target of $9.60, suggesting a potential upside of 126.95%. Given LiveRamp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than LiveRamp.
Summary
LiveRamp beats Applied Digital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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