EMC (EMC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend NTAP or EMC?

NetApp presently has a consensus price target of $129.06, indicating a potential upside of 4.55%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NetApp is more favorable than EMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetApp	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24
EMC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor NTAP or EMC?

In the previous week, NetApp had 21 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for NetApp and 8 mentions for EMC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat EMC's score of 0.00 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NetApp	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTAP or EMC?

NetApp received 122 more outperform votes than EMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.45% of users gave EMC an outperform vote while only 53.69% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1134 53.69%	Underperform Votes 978 46.31%
EMC	Outperform Votes 1012 80.45%	Underperform Votes 246 19.55%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NTAP or EMC?

92.2% of NetApp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of EMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of NetApp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of EMC 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.

Is NTAP or EMC more profitable?

NetApp has a net margin of 17.01% compared to EMC's net margin of 0.00%. NetApp's return on equity of 121.41% beat EMC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NetApp	17.01%	121.41%	12.38%
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NTAP or EMC?

NetApp has higher revenue and earnings than EMC. EMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, 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
NetApp	$6.27B	4.03	$986M	$5.12	24.11
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.05	12.88

Is NTAP or EMC a better dividend stock?

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. EMC pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. NetApp pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMC pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. EMC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

NetApp beats EMC on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.