Pinterest (PINS) Competitors

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is PINS or NTES more profitable?

Pinterest has a net margin of 51.07% compared to NetEase's net margin of 28.17%. NetEase's return on equity of 22.12% beat Pinterest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinterest	51.07%	8.10%	6.97%
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%

Does the media prefer PINS or NTES?

In the previous week, Pinterest had 34 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Pinterest and 10 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Pinterest's score of 0.75 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pinterest	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NetEase	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PINS or NTES?

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest. Pinterest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetEase, 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
Pinterest	$3.65B	4.90	$1.86B	$2.69	9.79
NetEase	$105.30B	0.61	$4.14B	$6.37	15.60

Which has more volatility and risk, PINS or NTES?

Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetEase has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PINS or NTES?

NetEase received 381 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 53.20% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pinterest	Outperform Votes 299 53.20%	Underperform Votes 263 46.80%
NetEase	Outperform Votes 680 69.11%	Underperform Votes 304 30.89%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PINS or NTES?

88.8% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of NetEase shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.7% of NetEase shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PINS or NTES?

Pinterest presently has a consensus target price of $42.23, indicating a potential upside of 60.27%. NetEase has a consensus target price of $114.57, indicating a potential upside of 15.32%. Given Pinterest's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than NetEase.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinterest	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
NetEase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Summary

NetEase beats Pinterest on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.