Weibo (WB) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & 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	$1.75B	1.07	$342.60M	$1.16	6.65
AppFolio	$794.20M	10.17	$204.07M	$5.55	39.97

Which has more volatility and risk, WB or APPF?

Weibo has a beta of 0.12, indicating that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WB or APPF?

Weibo received 326 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weibo	Outperform Votes 620 68.89%	Underperform Votes 280 31.11%
AppFolio	Outperform Votes 294 56.54%	Underperform Votes 226 43.46%

Do analysts recommend WB or APPF?

Weibo presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.46%. AppFolio has a consensus price target of $272.71, indicating a potential upside of 22.92%. Given Weibo's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Weibo is more favorable than AppFolio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weibo	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AppFolio	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is WB or APPF more profitable?

AppFolio has a net margin of 25.69% compared to Weibo's net margin of 21.30%. AppFolio's return on equity of 26.21% beat Weibo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weibo	21.30%	11.03%	5.35%
AppFolio	25.69%	26.21%	20.82%

Does the media prefer WB or APPF?

In the previous week, AppFolio had 7 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AppFolio and 13 mentions for Weibo. Weibo's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat AppFolio's score of 1.01 indicating that Weibo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Weibo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AppFolio	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AppFolio beats Weibo on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.