Weibo (WB) Competitors

Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WB or APPF?

68.8% of Weibo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of Weibo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of AppFolio shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer WB or APPF?

Weibo currently has a consensus price target of $10.23, indicating a potential downside of 0.84%. AppFolio has a consensus price target of $261.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.03%. Given AppFolio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AppFolio is more favorable than Weibo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weibo	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AppFolio	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer WB or APPF?

In the previous week, AppFolio had 6 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AppFolio and 4 mentions for Weibo. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Weibo's score of 0.88 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Weibo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AppFolio	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WB or APPF more profitable?

Weibo has a net margin of 21.30% compared to AppFolio's net margin of 17.26%. AppFolio's return on equity of 30.64% beat Weibo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weibo	21.30%	11.03%	5.35%
AppFolio	17.26%	30.64%	23.53%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WB or APPF?

Weibo has higher revenue and earnings than AppFolio. Weibo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, 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
Weibo	$1.76B	1.37	$342.60M	$1.46	7.07
AppFolio	$762.37M	12.48	$2.70M	$3.59	72.93

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WB or APPF?

Weibo received 329 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weibo	Outperform Votes 620 68.89%	Underperform Votes 280 31.11%
AppFolio	Outperform Votes 291 56.61%	Underperform Votes 223 43.39%

Which has more volatility and risk, WB or APPF?

Weibo has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AppFolio beats Weibo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.