AKAM vs. EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, QNST, LQDT, and OPEN
Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Liquidity Services (LQDT), and Opendoor Technologies (OPEN). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
Akamai Technologies vs.
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) 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 valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
eBay has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of 13.27%. eBay's return on equity of 30.97% beat Akamai Technologies' return on equity.
eBay received 578 more outperform votes than Akamai Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.65% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.36% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.
94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of eBay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $117.95, indicating a potential upside of 20.29%. eBay has a consensus price target of $63.13, indicating a potential downside of 9.12%. Given Akamai Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than eBay.
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Akamai Technologies. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 28 mentions for eBay. Akamai Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat eBay's score of 0.63 indicating that Akamai Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats eBay on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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