AKAM vs. CSGP, EBAY, 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 CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), 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.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Akamai Technologies received 564 more outperform votes than CoStar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.25% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 68.41% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote.
CoStar Group currently has a consensus target price of $88.07, indicating a potential upside of 9.90%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $106.55, indicating a potential upside of 28.73%. Given Akamai Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than CoStar Group.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 12.65% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 5.07%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 14.35% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 18 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.67 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats CoStar Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
