AKAM vs. RBA, Z, WEX, ETSY, LYFT, SE, CSGP, EBAY, VRSN, and SPSC
Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include RB Global (RBA), Zillow Group (Z), WEX (WEX), Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), and SPS Commerce (SPSC).
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and RB Global (NYSE:RBA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of RB Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $114.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.36%. RB Global has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.02%. Given Akamai Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than RB Global.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 16.12% compared to RB Global's net margin of 8.08%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 15.02% beat RB Global's return on equity.
Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RB Global had 1 more articles in the media than Akamai Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for RB Global and 11 mentions for Akamai Technologies. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.56 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Akamai Technologies received 807 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 49.21% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats RB Global on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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