DOCN vs. AMZN, BRZE, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, SPT, ASAN, HUBS, NET, and PCOR
Should you be buying DigitalOcean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DigitalOcean include Amazon.com (AMZN), Braze (BRZE), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Sprout Social (SPT), Asana (ASAN), HubSpot (HUBS), Cloudflare (NET), and Procore Technologies (PCOR).
DigitalOcean vs. Its Competitors
DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
DigitalOcean has a net margin of 15.18% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat DigitalOcean's return on equity.
DigitalOcean currently has a consensus price target of $41.45, suggesting a potential upside of 33.60%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 13.78%. Given DigitalOcean's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalOcean is more favorable than Amazon.com.
49.8% of DigitalOcean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DigitalOcean shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 218 more articles in the media than DigitalOcean. MarketBeat recorded 237 mentions for Amazon.com and 19 mentions for DigitalOcean. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat DigitalOcean's score of 0.71 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DigitalOcean has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Amazon.com beats DigitalOcean on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:DOCN) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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