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$8.01 -0.04 (-0.50%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

APLD vs. MARA, HQY, BILI, ETSY, QXO, LYFT, NVEI, TNET, CARG, and DXC

Should you be buying Applied Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Digital include MARA (MARA), HealthEquity (HQY), Bilibili (BILI), Etsy (ETSY), QXO (QXO), Lyft (LYFT), Nuvei (NVEI), TriNet Group (TNET), CarGurus (CARG), and DXC Technology (DXC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Applied Digital vs.

MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) and Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

MARA has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Applied Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MARA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MARA$598.75M10.73$261.17M$0.7925.27
Applied Digital$189.96M8.91-$149.27M-$1.17-6.85

MARA received 274 more outperform votes than Applied Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave MARA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MARAOutperform Votes
307
53.77%
Underperform Votes
264
46.23%
Applied DigitalOutperform Votes
33
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

In the previous week, MARA had 26 more articles in the media than Applied Digital. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for MARA and 11 mentions for Applied Digital. Applied Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat MARA's score of 0.13 indicating that Applied Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MARA
8 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Applied Digital
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MARA has a beta of 5.63, suggesting that its share price is 463% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Digital has a beta of 4.67, suggesting that its share price is 367% more volatile than the S&P 500.

44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Applied Digital 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.

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to Applied Digital's net margin of -74.95%. MARA's return on equity of -8.40% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MARA27.48% -8.40% -6.92%
Applied Digital -74.95%-88.87%-20.16%

MARA currently has a consensus price target of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 29.26%. Applied Digital has a consensus price target of $11.14, indicating a potential upside of 39.11%. Given Applied Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than MARA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MARA
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Applied Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

MARA beats Applied Digital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APLD vs. The Competition

MetricApplied DigitalData processing & preparation IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.69B$4.34B$11.03B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%9.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio-6.8532.9728.1717.18
Price / Sales8.911,743.0947.42116.79
Price / CashN/A33.4730.4237.86
Price / Book8.806.122.744.78
Net Income-$149.27M$44.01M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-10.00%-3.80%-2.88%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-12.46%5.18%-2.87%3.36%
1 Year Performance12.98%15.86%11.33%16.59%

Applied Digital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APLD
Applied Digital
3.62 of 5 stars
$8.01
-0.5%
$11.14
+39.1%
+20.8%$1.69B$189.96M-6.85121Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MARA
MARA
3.6692 of 5 stars
$25.31
+11.4%
$24.56
-3.0%
-9.7%$8.15B$387.51M31.159Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
HQY
HealthEquity
3.2935 of 5 stars
$93.25
-2.5%
$110.71
+18.7%
+47.1%$8.08B$1.15B87.723,150
BILI
Bilibili
2.1676 of 5 stars
$19.33
-2.4%
$19.69
+1.9%
+78.1%$8.01B$3.19B-20.958,801
ETSY
Etsy
4.4563 of 5 stars
$61.33
+4.0%
$63.17
+3.0%
-32.0%$6.90B$2.75B31.262,420
QXO
QXO
1.6408 of 5 stars
$16.58
+2.7%
N/AN/A$6.79B$54.52M-1.77195News Coverage
Positive News
LYFT
Lyft
4.6848 of 5 stars
$14.13
-0.1%
$17.77
+25.8%
-9.9%$5.86B$5.46B-88.382,945
NVEI
Nuvei
1.5819 of 5 stars
$33.99
+0.0%
$32.08
-5.6%
+33.1%$4.82B$1.19B226.602,202Positive News
High Trading Volume
TNET
TriNet Group
4.4737 of 5 stars
$94.92
-0.5%
$117.00
+23.3%
-25.0%$4.71B$4.97B18.313,600Positive News
CARG
CarGurus
3.6005 of 5 stars
$38.22
+1.5%
$37.86
-0.9%
+50.9%$3.96B$914.24M-81.891,343Insider Trade
Positive News
DXC
DXC Technology
2.4309 of 5 stars
$21.50
+0.2%
$20.89
-2.8%
-6.3%$3.89B$13.67B268.28130,000Options Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:APLD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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