SMWB vs. IAC, ALRM, QUBT, MQ, DOCN, DV, WB, CXM, APPN, and BBAI
Should you be buying Similarweb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Similarweb include IAC (IAC), Alarm.com (ALRM), Quantum Computing (QUBT), Marqeta (MQ), DigitalOcean (DOCN), DoubleVerify (DV), Weibo (WB), Sprinklr (CXM), Appian (APPN), and BigBear.ai (BBAI). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Similarweb vs. Its Competitors
Similarweb (NYSE:SMWB) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Similarweb has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IAC had 6 more articles in the media than Similarweb. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for IAC and 2 mentions for Similarweb. Similarweb's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat IAC's score of 0.76 indicating that Similarweb is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Similarweb presently has a consensus price target of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 89.19%. IAC has a consensus price target of $54.08, indicating a potential upside of 33.88%. Given Similarweb's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Similarweb is more favorable than IAC.
57.6% of Similarweb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of IAC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Similarweb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAC. Similarweb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IAC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Similarweb has a net margin of -6.97% compared to IAC's net margin of -23.25%. IAC's return on equity of -11.11% beat Similarweb's return on equity.
Summary
IAC beats Similarweb on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMWB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SMWB) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
