Etsy (ETSY) Competitors

AerCap (NYSE:AER) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer AER or ETSY?

AerCap currently has a consensus price target of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.76%. Etsy has a consensus price target of $62.54, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. Given Etsy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than AerCap.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AerCap	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Etsy	4 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AER or ETSY?

96.4% of AerCap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Etsy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AerCap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AER or ETSY?

AerCap has higher revenue and earnings than Etsy. AerCap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, 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
AerCap	$7.58B	2.50	$3.14B	$12.62	7.60
Etsy	$2.75B	2.17	$307.57M	$1.96	27.10

Does the media prefer AER or ETSY?

In the previous week, Etsy had 7 more articles in the media than AerCap. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Etsy and 14 mentions for AerCap. AerCap's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Etsy's score of 0.27 indicating that AerCap is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AerCap	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Etsy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, AER or ETSY?

AerCap has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AER or ETSY more profitable?

AerCap has a net margin of 32.38% compared to Etsy's net margin of 9.17%. AerCap's return on equity of 13.98% beat Etsy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AerCap	32.38%	13.98%	3.28%
Etsy	9.17%	-46.79%	11.09%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AER or ETSY?

Etsy received 293 more outperform votes than AerCap when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.46% of users gave AerCap an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AerCap	Outperform Votes 554 74.46%	Underperform Votes 190 25.54%
Etsy	Outperform Votes 847 58.90%	Underperform Votes 591 41.10%

Summary

Etsy beats AerCap on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.