Aurora Innovation (AUR) Competitors

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, EA or AUR?

Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EA or AUR more profitable?

Electronic Arts has a net margin of 14.28% compared to Aurora Innovation's net margin of 0.00%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 17.80% beat Aurora Innovation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Electronic Arts	14.28%	17.80%	10.04%
Aurora Innovation	N/A	-40.06%	-35.59%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EA or AUR?

90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EA or AUR?

Electronic Arts received 1554 more outperform votes than Aurora Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.18% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Aurora Innovation an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Electronic Arts	Outperform Votes 1566 74.18%	Underperform Votes 545 25.82%
Aurora Innovation	Outperform Votes 12 38.71%	Underperform Votes 19 61.29%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EA or AUR?

Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electronic Arts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Electronic Arts	$7.35B	5.16	$1.27B	$3.93	37.02
Aurora Innovation	$68M	154.33	-$748M	-$0.47	-12.83

Does the media favor EA or AUR?

In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 24 more articles in the media than Aurora Innovation. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Electronic Arts and 15 mentions for Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.88 indicating that Aurora Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Electronic Arts	25 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aurora Innovation	6 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EA or AUR?

Electronic Arts presently has a consensus price target of $155.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.74%. Aurora Innovation has a consensus price target of $9.57, indicating a potential upside of 58.73%. Given Aurora Innovation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Electronic Arts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Electronic Arts	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Aurora Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Electronic Arts beats Aurora Innovation on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.