EMC (EMC) Competitors

EMC (NYSE:EMC) and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) are both computer storage & peripherals companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media prefer EMC or WDC?

In the previous week, Western Digital had 4 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Western Digital and 12 mentions for EMC. Western Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat EMC's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EMC	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Western Digital	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend EMC or WDC?

Western Digital has a consensus target price of $78.39, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Western Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Digital is more favorable than EMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Western Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EMC or WDC?

79.9% of EMC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Western Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of EMC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Western Digital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EMC or WDC a better dividend stock?

EMC pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Western Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. EMC pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Digital pays out 7.8% 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.

Is EMC or WDC more profitable?

Western Digital has a net margin of 14.13% compared to EMC's net margin of 0.00%. Western Digital's return on equity of 24.93% beat EMC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Digital	14.13%	24.93%	10.59%

Which has better earnings and valuation, EMC or WDC?

Western Digital has higher revenue and earnings than EMC. EMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Western Digital, 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
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.05	14.69
Western Digital	$9.52B	2.82	$1.89B	$5.15	14.95

Summary

Western Digital beats EMC on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.