Coinbase Global (COIN) Competitors

Block (NYSE:SQ) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, SQ or COIN?

Block has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.46, indicating that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SQ or COIN?

Block presently has a consensus target price of $87.59, suggesting a potential upside of 21.22%. Coinbase Global has a consensus target price of $214.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.40%. Given Coinbase Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Coinbase Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Block	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	27 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Coinbase Global	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SQ or COIN?

70.4% of Block shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Block shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SQ or COIN?

Coinbase Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Block. Coinbase Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Block, 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
Block	$21.92B	2.03	$9.77M	$0.77	93.85
Coinbase Global	$3.11B	16.40	$94.87M	$5.01	41.44

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SQ or COIN?

Block received 1294 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.52% of users gave Block an outperform vote while only 42.81% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Block	Outperform Votes 1419 69.52%	Underperform Votes 622 30.48%
Coinbase Global	Outperform Votes 125 42.81%	Underperform Votes 167 57.19%

Is SQ or COIN more profitable?

Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Coinbase Global's net margin of 2.18%. Block's return on equity of 9.42% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Block	2.18%	2.04%	1.12%
Coinbase Global	33.98%	9.42%	0.30%

Does the media prefer SQ or COIN?

In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 33 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Coinbase Global and 15 mentions for Block. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Block's score of 0.53 indicating that Block is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Block	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coinbase Global	17 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Block beats Coinbase Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.