MARA (MARA) Competitors

InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Is IDCC or MARA more profitable?

InterDigital has a net margin of 36.69% compared to MARA's net margin of 27.48%. InterDigital's return on equity of 40.49% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterDigital	36.69%	40.49%	15.32%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Do analysts rate IDCC or MARA?

InterDigital currently has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential downside of 34.09%. MARA has a consensus price target of $21.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.38%. Given MARA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MARA is more favorable than InterDigital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterDigital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MARA	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IDCC or MARA?

InterDigital received 160 more outperform votes than MARA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave MARA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
InterDigital	Outperform Votes 464 62.37%	Underperform Votes 280 37.63%
MARA	Outperform Votes 304 53.90%	Underperform Votes 260 46.10%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IDCC or MARA?

99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MARA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, IDCC or MARA?

MARA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than InterDigital. InterDigital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MARA, 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
InterDigital	$721.23M	6.40	$214.07M	$9.36	19.45
MARA	$387.51M	17.50	$261.17M	$0.79	26.67

Does the media refer more to IDCC or MARA?

In the previous week, MARA had 48 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for MARA and 9 mentions for InterDigital. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat MARA's score of 0.15 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
InterDigital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MARA	10 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, IDCC or MARA?

InterDigital has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 5.52, indicating that its stock price is 452% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

InterDigital beats MARA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.