RELX vs. PYPL, DASH, MSCI, CSGP, FICO, UBER, SNPS, CRWD, APH, and CDNS
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include PayPal (PYPL), DoorDash (DASH), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), Fair Isaac (FICO), Uber Technologies (UBER), Synopsys (SNPS), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Amphenol (APH), and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Relx (NYSE:RELX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to PayPal's net margin of 0.00%. Relx's return on equity of 21.58% beat PayPal's return on equity.
In the previous week, PayPal had 27 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for PayPal and 5 mentions for Relx. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Relx's score of 0.71 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PayPal presently has a consensus target price of $72.73, indicating a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Relx's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than Relx.
PayPal has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PayPal received 1396 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.34% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.
68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PayPal beats Relx on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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