PTC (PTC) Competitors

PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is PTC or NTES more profitable?

NetEase has a net margin of 28.17% compared to PTC's net margin of 16.95%. NetEase's return on equity of 22.12% beat PTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PTC	16.95%	14.49%	7.25%
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PTC or NTES?

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than PTC. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, 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
PTC	$2.31B	7.65	$376.33M	$3.24	45.39
NetEase	$105.30B	0.60	$4.14B	$6.37	15.39

Do analysts prefer PTC or NTES?

PTC presently has a consensus price target of $199.18, indicating a potential upside of 35.44%. NetEase has a consensus price target of $114.57, indicating a potential upside of 16.87%. Given PTC's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PTC is more favorable than NetEase.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PTC	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
NetEase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTC or NTES?

NetEase received 45 more outperform votes than PTC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 68.50% of users gave PTC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PTC	Outperform Votes 635 68.50%	Underperform Votes 292 31.50%
NetEase	Outperform Votes 680 69.11%	Underperform Votes 304 30.89%

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

95.1% of PTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of NetEase shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of PTC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.7% of NetEase shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PTC or NTES?

In the previous week, PTC had 26 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for PTC and 14 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat PTC's score of 0.40 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PTC	20 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NetEase	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, PTC or NTES?

PTC has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetEase has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NetEase beats PTC on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.