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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

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 261 more articles in the media than DigitalOcean. MarketBeat recorded 263 mentions for Amazon.com and 2 mentions for DigitalOcean. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat DigitalOcean's score of 0.45 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
152 Very Positive mention(s)
42 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
13 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DigitalOcean
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com$650.31B3.65$59.25B$6.1436.45
DigitalOcean$806.59M3.30$84.49M$1.1126.32

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $250.35, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. DigitalOcean has a consensus target price of $40.36, indicating a potential upside of 38.18%. Given DigitalOcean's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalOcean is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
45 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
DigitalOcean
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.8% of DigitalOcean shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DigitalOcean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalOcean has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DigitalOcean has a net margin of 13.46% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.14%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.14% beat DigitalOcean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Amazon.com10.14% 24.14% 10.90%
DigitalOcean 13.46%-60.69%8.41%

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DOCN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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DOCN vs. The Competition

MetricDigitalOceanINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.66B$18.35B$28.59B$20.79B
Dividend YieldN/A2.80%3.12%3.67%
P/E Ratio26.3374.7133.4227.51
Price / Sales3.30357.911,732.1983.53
Price / Cash10.5391.6237.5821.88
Price / Book-13.288.757.674.66
Net Income$84.49M$337.83M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-1.25%1.34%1.07%-0.71%
1 Month Performance4.68%8.40%7.42%5.40%
1 Year Performance-14.11%54.17%52,958.63%9.12%

DigitalOcean Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOCN
DigitalOcean
2.9663 of 5 stars
$29.12
+2.4%
$40.36
+38.6%
-18.1%$2.65B$806.59M26.271,210
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7702 of 5 stars
$223.47
+0.0%
$245.60
+9.9%
+15.6%$2.37T$650.31B36.401,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BRZE
Braze
3.5424 of 5 stars
$28.42
-1.3%
$46.30
+62.9%
-34.6%$3.00B$593.41M-28.141,699News Coverage
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8675 of 5 stars
$177.56
-1.7%
$206.38
+16.2%
-0.9%$2.15T$350.02B19.79190,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.7184 of 5 stars
$176.79
-1.5%
$199.95
+13.1%
-0.5%$2.15T$350.02B19.71183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MSFT
Microsoft
4.4947 of 5 stars
$497.72
-0.2%
$524.71
+5.4%
+12.5%$3.70T$245.12B38.46228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SPT
Sprout Social
1.86 of 5 stars
$20.94
-1.2%
$30.00
+43.3%
-50.1%$1.22B$418.41M-20.131,140
ASAN
Asana
2.6168 of 5 stars
$14.27
+2.1%
$15.97
+11.9%
-3.4%$3.36B$723.88M-14.271,819Positive News
Insider Trade
HUBS
HubSpot
4.8233 of 5 stars
$555.24
-1.0%
$766.71
+38.1%
+10.7%$29.28B$2.63B-1,233.878,246Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NET
Cloudflare
3.9081 of 5 stars
$193.15
+1.0%
$145.92
-24.5%
+125.9%$66.95B$1.67B-839.784,263Analyst Forecast
PCOR
Procore Technologies
2.8541 of 5 stars
$71.64
-2.0%
$80.83
+12.8%
+0.2%$10.69B$1.19B-83.304,203Analyst Forecast

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