TTD vs. BIDU, PINS, SNAP, ZM, TEL, FTNT, SMCI, ADSK, A, and DASH
Should you be buying Trade Desk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trade Desk include Baidu (BIDU), Pinterest (PINS), Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), TE Connectivity (TEL), Fortinet (FTNT), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Autodesk (ADSK), Agilent Technologies (A), and DoorDash (DASH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Baidu has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Trade Desk 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.
Baidu has a net margin of 15.09% compared to Baidu's net margin of 9.19%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 9.41% beat Baidu's return on equity.
Baidu received 841 more outperform votes than Trade Desk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.02% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 75.86% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote.
Baidu presently has a consensus price target of $166.64, suggesting a potential upside of 53.36%. Trade Desk has a consensus price target of $92.22, suggesting a potential upside of 5.68%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than Trade Desk.
Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Trade Desk. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trade Desk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Baidu had 10 more articles in the media than Trade Desk. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Baidu and 28 mentions for Trade Desk. Baidu's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Trade Desk's score of 0.49 indicating that Trade Desk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Baidu beats Trade Desk on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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