PINS vs. SNAP, ZM, BIDU, TTD, BZ, GLW, WIT, ANSS, HPQ, and GFS
Should you be buying Pinterest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinterest include Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Baidu (BIDU), Trade Desk (TTD), Kanzhun (BZ), Corning (GLW), Wipro (WIT), ANSYS (ANSS), HP (HPQ), and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Snap (NYSE:SNAP) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Snap presently has a consensus price target of $14.79, suggesting a potential downside of 7.63%. Pinterest has a consensus price target of $41.26, suggesting a potential downside of 1.75%. Given Snap's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Snap.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 29 more articles in the media than Snap. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Pinterest and 12 mentions for Snap. Snap's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Pinterest's score of 0.54 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinterest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Snap has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pinterest has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -26.99%. Snap's return on equity of 5.93% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
47.5% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Snap shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Pinterest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Snap received 835 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
Summary
Pinterest beats Snap on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PINS 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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