NICE (NICE) Competitors

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is EA or NICE more profitable?

NICE has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 14.28%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 17.80% beat NICE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Electronic Arts	14.28%	17.80%	10.04%
NICE	16.18%	16.17%	11.11%

Do analysts rate EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts presently has a consensus target price of $155.65, indicating a potential upside of 7.68%. NICE has a consensus target price of $231.64, indicating a potential upside of 48.33%. Given NICE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NICE is more favorable than Electronic Arts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Electronic Arts	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
NICE	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has better valuation & earnings, EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than NICE. NICE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electronic Arts, 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
Electronic Arts	$7.35B	5.13	$1.27B	$3.93	36.78
NICE	$2.74B	3.59	$338.30M	$6.76	23.10

Does the media refer more to EA or NICE?

In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 10 more articles in the media than NICE. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Electronic Arts and 21 mentions for NICE. NICE's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.89 indicating that NICE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Electronic Arts	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NICE	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EA or NICE?

90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of NICE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of NICE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts received 886 more outperform votes than NICE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.22% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 69.67% of users gave NICE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Electronic Arts	Outperform Votes 1566 74.22%	Underperform Votes 544 25.78%
NICE	Outperform Votes 680 69.67%	Underperform Votes 296 30.33%

Which has more risk & volatility, EA or NICE?

Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NICE has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Electronic Arts beats NICE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.