Wix.com (WIX) Competitors

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EA or WIX?

Electronic Arts received 836 more outperform votes than Wix.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.22% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 72.21% of users gave Wix.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Electronic Arts	Outperform Votes 1566 74.22%	Underperform Votes 544 25.78%
Wix.com	Outperform Votes 730 72.21%	Underperform Votes 281 27.79%

Do analysts prefer EA or WIX?

Electronic Arts presently has a consensus price target of $155.65, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Wix.com has a consensus price target of $243.74, indicating a potential upside of 40.18%. Given Wix.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wix.com is more favorable than Electronic Arts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Electronic Arts	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Wix.com	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to EA or WIX?

In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 21 more articles in the media than Wix.com. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Electronic Arts and 17 mentions for Wix.com. Wix.com's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.92 indicating that Wix.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Electronic Arts	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wix.com	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EA or WIX?

90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Wix.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Wix.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, EA or WIX?

Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wix.com has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EA or WIX?

Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Wix.com. Electronic Arts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wix.com, 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
Electronic Arts	$7.35B	5.15	$1.27B	$3.93	36.97
Wix.com	$1.76B	5.41	$33.14M	$2.35	73.99

Is EA or WIX more profitable?

Electronic Arts has a net margin of 14.28% compared to Wix.com's net margin of 7.86%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 17.80% beat Wix.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Electronic Arts	14.28%	17.80%	10.04%
Wix.com	7.86%	-70.92%	8.16%

Summary

Electronic Arts beats Wix.com on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.