PayPal (PYPL) Competitors

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PYPL or SPGI?

68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PYPL or SPGI?

In the previous week, PayPal had 24 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for PayPal and 48 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat PayPal's score of 0.81 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PayPal	33 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
S&P Global	35 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, PYPL or SPGI?

PayPal has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PYPL or SPGI?

PayPal presently has a consensus target price of $88.32, suggesting a potential upside of 41.11%. S&P Global has a consensus target price of $595.14, suggesting a potential upside of 27.95%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than S&P Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PayPal	0 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
S&P Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Is PYPL or SPGI more profitable?

S&P Global has a net margin of 27.12% compared to PayPal's net margin of 13.04%. PayPal's return on equity of 23.67% beat S&P Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PayPal	13.04%	23.67%	5.83%
S&P Global	27.12%	14.33%	8.10%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PYPL or SPGI?

PayPal received 1334 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.41% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 73.75% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PayPal	Outperform Votes 1837 75.41%	Underperform Votes 599 24.59%
S&P Global	Outperform Votes 503 73.75%	Underperform Votes 179 26.25%

Which has better valuation & earnings, PYPL or SPGI?

PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than S&P Global. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, 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
PayPal	$31.80B	1.95	$4.15B	$4.01	15.61
S&P Global	$14.21B	10.27	$3.85B	$12.35	37.66

Summary

PayPal beats S&P Global on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.