META vs. GOOGL, GOOG, TSM, AVGO, ASML, ORCL, BABA, UBER, BKNG, and NVDA
Should you be buying Meta Platforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Platforms include Alphabet (GOOGL), Alphabet (GOOG), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Broadcom (AVGO), ASML (ASML), Oracle (ORCL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), Booking (BKNG), and NVIDIA (NVDA).
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Meta Platforms shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Meta Platforms presently has a consensus price target of $509.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $190.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Meta Platforms.
Meta Platforms received 2004 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.64% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 80.96% of users gave Meta Platforms an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Meta Platforms had 11 more articles in the media than Alphabet. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Meta Platforms and 77 mentions for Alphabet. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Meta Platforms' score of 0.46 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meta Platforms has a net margin of 32.06% compared to Alphabet's net margin of 25.90%. Meta Platforms' return on equity of 32.03% beat Alphabet's return on equity.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Platforms. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Meta Platforms beats Alphabet on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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