APP vs. SAP, PLTR, SHOP, INFY, CRWD, TEAM, NTES, TTD, SNOW, and DDOG
Should you be buying AppLovin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppLovin include SAP (SAP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Shopify (SHOP), Infosys (INFY), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Atlassian (TEAM), NetEase (NTES), Trade Desk (TTD), Snowflake (SNOW), and Datadog (DDOG). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
AppLovin vs.
SAP (NYSE:SAP) and AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
SAP has higher revenue and earnings than AppLovin. AppLovin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SAP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SAP received 648 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 57.07% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote.
AppLovin has a net margin of 26.85% compared to SAP's net margin of 8.15%. AppLovin's return on equity of 122.24% beat SAP's return on equity.
SAP currently has a consensus price target of $263.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. AppLovin has a consensus price target of $338.06, indicating a potential downside of 1.25%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SAP is more favorable than AppLovin.
SAP has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AppLovin had 17 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for AppLovin and 27 mentions for SAP. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat SAP's score of 0.50 indicating that AppLovin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
41.9% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of AppLovin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AppLovin beats SAP on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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