APLD vs. BILI, WSC, MARA, ETSY, QXO, LYFT, TNET, FTDR, CARG, and PAYO
Should you be buying Applied Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Applied Digital include Bilibili (BILI), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), MARA (MARA), Etsy (ETSY), QXO (QXO), Lyft (LYFT), TriNet Group (TNET), Frontdoor (FTDR), CarGurus (CARG), and Payoneer Global (PAYO). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Applied Digital vs.
Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Applied Digital presently has a consensus target price of $11.29, suggesting a potential upside of 26.81%. Bilibili has a consensus target price of $19.69, suggesting a potential upside of 12.71%. Given Applied Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Bilibili.
Bilibili received 367 more outperform votes than Applied Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Bilibili an outperform vote.
Applied Digital has a beta of 4.78, suggesting that its stock price is 378% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bilibili has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Applied Digital had 55 more articles in the media than Bilibili. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Applied Digital and 7 mentions for Bilibili. Bilibili's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Applied Digital's score of 0.54 indicating that Bilibili is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bilibili has a net margin of -10.73% compared to Applied Digital's net margin of -74.95%. Bilibili's return on equity of -15.17% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.
Applied Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bilibili. Bilibili is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Bilibili shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Bilibili 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.
Summary
Bilibili beats Applied Digital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APLD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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