Sabre (SABR) Competitors

Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer SABR or GDS?

Sabre presently has a consensus target price of $4.37, suggesting a potential upside of 39.73%. GDS has a consensus target price of $39.48, suggesting a potential upside of 58.91%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than Sabre.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabre	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
GDS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.22

Which has better valuation & earnings, SABR or GDS?

Sabre has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GDS. Sabre is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, 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
Sabre	$3.03B	0.40	-$527.61M	-$0.72	-4.34
GDS	$10.32B	0.46	-$606.18M	$2.51	9.90

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SABR or GDS?

Sabre received 80 more outperform votes than GDS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Sabre an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave GDS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sabre	Outperform Votes 446 66.27%	Underperform Votes 227 33.73%
GDS	Outperform Votes 366 63.99%	Underperform Votes 206 36.01%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SABR or GDS?

89.4% of Sabre shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Sabre shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SABR or GDS more profitable?

Sabre has a net margin of -9.20% compared to GDS's net margin of -35.97%. Sabre's return on equity of 0.00% beat GDS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabre	-9.20%	N/A	-2.64%
GDS	-35.97%	-8.22%	-1.99%

Which has more volatility & risk, SABR or GDS?

Sabre has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SABR or GDS?

In the previous week, GDS had 23 more articles in the media than Sabre. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for GDS and 11 mentions for Sabre. GDS's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Sabre's score of 0.25 indicating that GDS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sabre	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GDS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

GDS beats Sabre on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.