GDS vs. IAC, DOCN, DV, RUM, TRIP, WB, MGNI, GRND, IAS, and BMBL
Should you be buying GDS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GDS include IAC (IAC), DigitalOcean (DOCN), DoubleVerify (DV), Rumble (RUM), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Weibo (WB), Magnite (MGNI), Grindr (GRND), Integral Ad Science (IAS), and Bumble (BMBL). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
IAC has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
IAC received 707 more outperform votes than GDS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave GDS an outperform vote.
IAC has a net margin of -2.54% compared to IAC's net margin of -41.33%. GDS's return on equity of -3.31% beat IAC's return on equity.
88.9% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.5% of IAC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IAC had 3 more articles in the media than GDS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IAC and 3 mentions for GDS. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat GDS's score of 0.63 indicating that GDS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IAC presently has a consensus price target of $79.92, indicating a potential upside of 60.51%. GDS has a consensus price target of $12.58, indicating a potential upside of 56.90%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than GDS.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than GDS. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
IAC beats GDS on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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