NU vs. SPOT, CPRT, MRVL, RSG, PLTR, PAYX, SQ, WCN, FIS, and VRSK
Should you be buying NU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NU include Spotify Technology (SPOT), Copart (CPRT), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Republic Services (RSG), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), Waste Connections (WCN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
NU (NYSE:NU) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Spotify Technology received 334 more outperform votes than NU when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave NU an outperform vote.
NU has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NU has a net margin of 13.86% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of -0.80%. NU's return on equity of 22.94% beat Spotify Technology's return on equity.
In the previous week, NU had 17 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for NU and 23 mentions for Spotify Technology. NU's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Spotify Technology's score of 0.40 indicating that NU is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.9% of NU shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NU shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NU has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NU, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NU presently has a consensus target price of $10.74, suggesting a potential downside of 7.91%. Spotify Technology has a consensus target price of $306.42, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. Given Spotify Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spotify Technology is more favorable than NU.
Summary
NU beats Spotify Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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