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$30.59 +0.17 (+0.56%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

DBX vs. HUBS, WIT, VEEV, ZS, BIDU, GDDY, ZM, IOT, PTC, and SRAD

Should you be buying Dropbox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dropbox include HubSpot (HUBS), Wipro (WIT), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Zscaler (ZS), Baidu (BIDU), GoDaddy (GDDY), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Samsara (IOT), PTC (PTC), and Sportradar Group (SRAD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Dropbox vs.

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, HubSpot had 23 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for HubSpot and 5 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat HubSpot's score of 0.46 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HubSpot
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dropbox
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HubSpot presently has a consensus target price of $721.26, suggesting a potential upside of 2.44%. Dropbox has a consensus target price of $28.86, suggesting a potential downside of 5.66%. Given HubSpot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HubSpot is more favorable than Dropbox.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HubSpot
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Dropbox
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Dropbox shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HubSpot$2.17B16.75-$176.29M-$0.27-2,607.59
Dropbox$2.50B3.79$453.60M$1.7317.68

HubSpot received 522 more outperform votes than Dropbox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.80% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 67.11% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HubSpotOutperform Votes
877
76.80%
Underperform Votes
265
23.20%
DropboxOutperform Votes
355
67.11%
Underperform Votes
174
32.89%

Dropbox has a net margin of 22.71% compared to HubSpot's net margin of -0.56%. HubSpot's return on equity of -1.16% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HubSpot-0.56% -1.16% -0.54%
Dropbox 22.71%-135.85%16.68%

HubSpot has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HubSpot beats Dropbox on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DBX vs. The Competition

MetricDropboxPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.47B$25.25B$26.81B$9.06B
Dividend YieldN/A2.01%2.77%4.02%
P/E Ratio17.6890.31233.0717.10
Price / Sales3.7928.623,177.36138.34
Price / Cash16.4482.5634.2735.97
Price / Book-62.4312.638.384.80
Net Income$453.60M$444.67M$671.58M$224.91M
7 Day Performance4.01%2.46%2.05%1.90%
1 Month Performance4.26%4.29%5.09%5.08%
1 Year Performance-3.32%30.29%26.50%21.15%

Dropbox Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DBX
Dropbox
3.442 of 5 stars
$30.59
+0.6%
$28.86
-5.7%
-1.4%$9.47B$2.50B17.682,693Short Interest ↑
HUBS
HubSpot
4.0092 of 5 stars
$694.39
-1.4%
$719.30
+3.6%
+24.6%$35.85B$2.51B-2,571.727,663Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WIT
Wipro
0.7276 of 5 stars
$3.40
-3.4%
$5.60
+64.7%
-39.7%$35.53B$886.79B25.19240,000News Coverage
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.536 of 5 stars
$212.02
-2.6%
$255.74
+20.6%
+7.4%$34.42B$2.66B52.355,480Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ZS
Zscaler
4.2502 of 5 stars
$186.69
-1.7%
$224.84
+20.4%
-16.8%$28.65B$2.30B-746.767,348Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BIDU
Baidu
4.6153 of 5 stars
$78.35
+1.2%
$113.75
+45.2%
-18.9%$27.47B$134.84B9.5939,800
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.3728 of 5 stars
$192.69
-0.1%
$194.14
+0.8%
+87.8%$27.05B$4.48B14.896,910Insider Trade
News Coverage
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
4.6676 of 5 stars
$78.89
-0.7%
$87.81
+11.3%
+14.9%$24.18B$4.63B26.308,480Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
IOT
Samsara
2.6654 of 5 stars
$43.03
-1.7%
$51.29
+19.2%
+44.5%$24.15B$1.18B-91.551,620Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PTC
PTC
4.7091 of 5 stars
$181.98
-0.2%
$207.54
+14.0%
+9.3%$21.90B$2.30B58.516,500
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.2986 of 5 stars
$18.67
-1.7%
$16.38
-12.3%
+83.0%$20.75B$1.05B93.352,960Analyst Forecast

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