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 media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTAP or EMC?

NetApp received 126 more outperform votes than EMC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.45% of users gave EMC an outperform vote while only 53.55% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1138 53.55%	Underperform Votes 987 46.45%
EMC	Outperform Votes 1012 80.45%	Underperform Votes 246 19.55%

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

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 38.2% 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.

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	3.96	$986M	$5.44	22.44
EMC	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.05	12.87

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NTAP or EMC?

92.2% of NetApp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of EMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of NetApp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of EMC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer NTAP or EMC?

NetApp currently has a consensus price target of $139.20, indicating a potential upside of 14.00%. Given NetApp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NetApp is more favorable than EMC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetApp	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
EMC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer NTAP or EMC?

In the previous week, NetApp had 21 more articles in the media than EMC. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for NetApp and 5 mentions for EMC. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.93 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMC	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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