EA vs. VEEV, TTWO, ADSK, PLTR, RBLX, LVS, TCOM, RCL, DKNG, and CHTR
Should you be buying Electronic Arts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electronic Arts include Veeva Systems (VEEV), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Autodesk (ADSK), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Roblox (RBLX), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), DraftKings (DKNG), and Charter Communications (CHTR).
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Electronic Arts currently has a consensus price target of $147.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.07%. Veeva Systems has a consensus price target of $234.90, indicating a potential upside of 11.71%. Given Electronic Arts' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Electronic Arts is more favorable than Veeva Systems.
90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Veeva Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 16.83%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 18.81% beat Veeva Systems' return on equity.
Electronic Arts received 833 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.70% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 17 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Electronic Arts and 20 mentions for Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.42 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Veeva Systems. Electronic Arts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veeva Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Electronic Arts beats Veeva Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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