PUBM vs. RPD, KC, LSPD, MGNI, WB, CXM, AVDX, EVCM, MQ, and DAVA
Should you be buying PubMatic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PubMatic include Rapid7 (RPD), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Magnite (MGNI), Weibo (WB), Sprinklr (CXM), AvidXchange (AVDX), EverCommerce (EVCM), Marqeta (MQ), and Endava (DAVA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
PubMatic vs.
PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) and Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Rapid7 received 491 more outperform votes than PubMatic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.00% of users gave PubMatic an outperform vote while only 56.53% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote.
PubMatic has a net margin of 5.96% compared to Rapid7's net margin of 5.65%. PubMatic's return on equity of 6.12% beat Rapid7's return on equity.
PubMatic currently has a consensus target price of $20.63, indicating a potential upside of 42.05%. Rapid7 has a consensus target price of $43.71, indicating a potential upside of 12.53%. Given PubMatic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PubMatic is more favorable than Rapid7.
In the previous week, Rapid7 had 14 more articles in the media than PubMatic. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Rapid7 and 2 mentions for PubMatic. Rapid7's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat PubMatic's score of 0.26 indicating that Rapid7 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PubMatic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rapid7. PubMatic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rapid7, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.3% of PubMatic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Rapid7 shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of PubMatic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Rapid7 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PubMatic has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rapid7 has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rapid7 beats PubMatic on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PUBM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
