SNAP vs. PINS, ZM, BIDU, TTD, BZ, WIX, DJT, YNDX, MDB, and KEYS
Should you be buying Snap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap include Pinterest (PINS), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Baidu (BIDU), Trade Desk (TTD), Kanzhun (BZ), Wix.com (WIX), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Yandex (YNDX), MongoDB (MDB), and Keysight Technologies (KEYS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Snap received 835 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
Pinterest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Snap shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Snap shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 8 more articles in the media than Snap. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Pinterest and 14 mentions for Snap. Pinterest's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Snap's score of 0.61 indicating that Snap is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pinterest has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -26.99%. Snap's return on equity of 5.93% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Pinterest currently has a consensus price target of $41.26, indicating a potential downside of 3.55%. Snap has a consensus price target of $14.79, indicating a potential downside of 7.86%. Given Snap's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Snap.
Summary
Pinterest beats Snap on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SNAP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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