Gen Digital (GEN) Competitors

NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) 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 valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to NTES or GEN?

In the previous week, Gen Digital had 3 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gen Digital and 4 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.25 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NetEase	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gen Digital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend NTES or GEN?

NetEase presently has a consensus target price of $114.57, suggesting a potential upside of 14.65%. Given NetEase's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NetEase is more favorable than Gen Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetEase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Gen Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NTES or GEN?

11.1% of NetEase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Gen Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 54.7% of NetEase shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Gen Digital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NTES or GEN a better dividend stock?

NetEase pays an annual dividend of $4.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Gen Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. NetEase pays out 76.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gen Digital pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NTES or GEN?

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than Gen Digital. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gen Digital, 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
NetEase	$105.30B	0.61	$4.14B	$6.37	15.69
Gen Digital	$3.90B	4.36	$616M	$1.02	27.08

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTES or GEN?

NetEase received 608 more outperform votes than Gen Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetEase	Outperform Votes 680 69.11%	Underperform Votes 304 30.89%
Gen Digital	Outperform Votes 72 64.86%	Underperform Votes 39 35.14%

Is NTES or GEN more profitable?

NetEase has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Gen Digital's net margin of 16.32%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 58.83% beat NetEase's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%
Gen Digital	16.32%	58.83%	7.98%

Which has more risk & volatility, NTES or GEN?

NetEase has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gen Digital has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NetEase beats Gen Digital on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.