DigitalOcean (DOCN) Competitors

DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) and Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DOCN or TWLO?

DigitalOcean has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Twilio. Twilio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalOcean, 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
DigitalOcean	$692.88M	4.91	$19.41M	$0.85	43.35
Twilio	$4.15B	3.57	-$1.02B	-$2.57	-37.58

Is DOCN or TWLO more profitable?

DigitalOcean has a net margin of 10.86% compared to Twilio's net margin of -10.65%. Twilio's return on equity of 0.85% beat DigitalOcean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalOcean	10.86%	-43.11%	7.64%
Twilio	-10.65%	0.85%	0.71%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DOCN or TWLO?

49.8% of DigitalOcean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Twilio shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of DigitalOcean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Twilio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOCN or TWLO?

Twilio received 671 more outperform votes than DigitalOcean when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Twilio an outperform vote while only 47.15% of users gave DigitalOcean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalOcean	Outperform Votes 58 47.15%	Underperform Votes 65 52.85%
Twilio	Outperform Votes 729 64.63%	Underperform Votes 399 35.37%

Which has more volatility and risk, DOCN or TWLO?

DigitalOcean has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twilio has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DOCN or TWLO?

In the previous week, Twilio had 16 more articles in the media than DigitalOcean. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Twilio and 7 mentions for DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Twilio's score of 0.72 indicating that DigitalOcean is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalOcean	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Twilio	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DOCN or TWLO?

DigitalOcean presently has a consensus price target of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.62%. Twilio has a consensus price target of $83.70, suggesting a potential downside of 13.35%. Given DigitalOcean's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe DigitalOcean is more favorable than Twilio.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalOcean	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Twilio	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35

Summary

DigitalOcean beats Twilio on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.