MTCH vs. BIDU, EA, IOT, ZS, PINS, ZM, GDDY, SRAD, CHKP, and MDB
Should you be buying Match Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Match Group include Baidu (BIDU), Electronic Arts (EA), Samsara (IOT), Zscaler (ZS), Pinterest (PINS), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), GoDaddy (GDDY), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), and MongoDB (MDB). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Match Group vs.
Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Baidu has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Match Group has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of Baidu shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Match Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Baidu has a net margin of 17.90% compared to Match Group's net margin of 15.84%. Baidu's return on equity of 8.67% beat Match Group's return on equity.
Baidu currently has a consensus target price of $111.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.00%. Match Group has a consensus target price of $37.68, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Baidu's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Baidu is more favorable than Match Group.
Baidu received 1001 more outperform votes than Match Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.64% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 65.68% of users gave Match Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Baidu had 51 more articles in the media than Match Group. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Baidu and 17 mentions for Match Group. Match Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Baidu's score of 0.40 indicating that Match Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Match Group. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Match Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Baidu beats Match Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MTCH) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
