CSGP vs. EQIX, SE, EBAY, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, and QNST
Should you be buying CoStar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoStar Group include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), and QuinStreet (QNST). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
CoStar Group vs.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
CoStar Group presently has a consensus target price of $92.92, indicating a potential upside of 25.82%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $976.81, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. Given CoStar Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Equinix.
Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Equinix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Equinix had 11 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Equinix and 21 mentions for CoStar Group. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat CoStar Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinix has a net margin of 12.29% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 6.57%. Equinix's return on equity of 8.34% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
Equinix received 445 more outperform votes than CoStar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.29% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 73.09% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote.
Summary
Equinix beats CoStar Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSGP) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
