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.
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
eBay received 577 more outperform votes than Akamai Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.65% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.37% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.
eBay currently has a consensus price target of $62.83, indicating a potential downside of 5.07%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus price target of $116.10, indicating a potential upside of 27.57%. Given Akamai Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than eBay.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 24 mentions for eBay. eBay's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.49 indicating that eBay is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of eBay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
eBay has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats eBay on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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