NetEase (NTES) Competitors

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, PLTR or NTES?

Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its share price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetEase has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLTR or NTES?

NetEase received 589 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 40.44% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Palantir Technologies	Outperform Votes 91 40.44%	Underperform Votes 134 59.56%
NetEase	Outperform Votes 680 69.11%	Underperform Votes 304 30.89%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PLTR or NTES?

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, 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
Palantir Technologies	$2.87B	75.81	$462.19M	$0.19	487.47
NetEase	$105.30B	0.61	$4.14B	$6.37	15.59

Do analysts rate PLTR or NTES?

Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $74.95, indicating a potential downside of 19.08%. NetEase has a consensus price target of $114.57, indicating a potential upside of 15.36%. Given NetEase's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NetEase is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palantir Technologies	5 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.96
NetEase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to PLTR or NTES?

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 132 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 143 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 11 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.87 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Palantir Technologies	87 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NetEase	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PLTR or NTES?

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of NetEase shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.7% of NetEase 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.

Is PLTR or NTES more profitable?

NetEase has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 16.13%. NetEase's return on equity of 22.12% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palantir Technologies	16.13%	6.85%	5.48%
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%

Summary

NetEase beats Palantir Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.