EMC (EMC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of EMC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTAP or EMC?

NetApp received 133 more outperform votes than EMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.45% of users gave EMC an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1145 53.45%	Underperform Votes 997 46.55%
EMC	Outperform Votes 1012 80.45%	Underperform Votes 246 19.55%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$6.51B	2.66	$986M	$5.40	15.74
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.05	12.88

Do analysts prefer NTAP or EMC?

NetApp presently has a consensus price target of $129.07, suggesting a potential upside of 51.88%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NetApp is more favorable than EMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetApp	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
EMC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NTAP or EMC more profitable?

NetApp has a net margin of 17.78% compared to EMC's net margin of 0.00%. NetApp's return on equity of 123.63% beat EMC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NetApp	17.78%	123.63%	13.03%
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor NTAP or EMC?

In the previous week, NetApp had 31 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for NetApp and 5 mentions for EMC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 1.21 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	29 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NTAP or EMC a better dividend stock?

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. EMC pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. NetApp pays out 38.5% 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.

Summary

NetApp beats EMC on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.