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U vs. AAPL, APP, NET, PATH, RBLX, SHOP, SNOW, W, TEAM, and DDOG

Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include Apple (AAPL), AppLovin (APP), Cloudflare (NET), UiPath (PATH), Roblox (RBLX), Shopify (SHOP), Snowflake (SNOW), Wayfair (W), Atlassian (TEAM), and Datadog (DDOG).

Unity Software vs. Its Competitors

Unity Software (NYSE:U) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Apple had 361 more articles in the media than Unity Software. MarketBeat recorded 375 mentions for Apple and 14 mentions for Unity Software. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Unity Software's score of 0.69 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unity Software
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
194 Very Positive mention(s)
53 Positive mention(s)
67 Neutral mention(s)
38 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Unity Software presently has a consensus price target of $27.22, indicating a potential downside of 14.51%. Apple has a consensus price target of $237.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Unity Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unity Software
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Unity Software. Unity Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unity Software$1.81B7.30-$664.11M-$1.12-28.43
Apple$400.37B7.55$93.74B$6.5930.71

Unity Software has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -25.21%. Apple's return on equity of 172.48% beat Unity Software's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unity Software-25.21% -14.12% -6.73%
Apple 24.30%172.48%31.58%

Summary

Apple beats Unity Software on 13 of the 16 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 U and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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U vs. The Competition

MetricUnity SoftwareINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.87B$19.20B$29.21B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%3.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio-28.4385.9248.0929.07
Price / Sales7.30154.481,544.9966.37
Price / CashN/A92.4138.0722.84
Price / Book4.028.087.414.43
Net Income-$664.11M$341.62M$782.10M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-2.67%-6.55%-3.65%-3.35%
1 Month Performance31.14%0.45%-0.11%-2.06%
1 Year Performance108.04%56.29%52,642.35%10.15%

Unity Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
U
Unity Software
1.7661 of 5 stars
$31.84
-4.6%
$27.22
-14.5%
+107.3%$13.87B$1.81B-28.434,987Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
AAPL
Apple
4.9203 of 5 stars
$214.42
+0.3%
$234.94
+9.6%
-7.3%$3.20T$391.04B33.41164,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
APP
AppLovin
3.8677 of 5 stars
$365.55
+1.6%
$447.57
+22.4%
+405.0%$123.96B$4.71B66.121,710Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
NET
Cloudflare
4.2406 of 5 stars
$199.37
+4.1%
$158.52
-20.5%
+169.5%$69.14B$1.67B-867.274,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
PATH
UiPath
2.628 of 5 stars
$12.29
-0.3%
$13.83
+12.6%
-5.9%$6.57B$1.43B-102.373,868News Coverage
Insider Trade
RBLX
Roblox
2.9623 of 5 stars
$120.13
+1.7%
$95.95
-20.1%
+222.2%$81.44B$3.60B-89.602,474Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SHOP
Shopify
3.9894 of 5 stars
$124.42
+1.9%
$119.16
-4.2%
+104.0%$161.69B$9.38B80.4011,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
SNOW
Snowflake
4.4858 of 5 stars
$220.26
+2.4%
$226.73
+2.9%
+65.1%$73.69B$3.63B-52.437,834Positive News
Gap Down
W
Wayfair
3.1533 of 5 stars
$64.97
+3.0%
$47.42
-27.0%
+28.7%$8.34B$11.85B-22.7913,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7911 of 5 stars
$202.62
+1.4%
$274.05
+35.2%
+5.6%$53.19B$4.96B-122.0712,157Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
DDOG
Datadog
4.1862 of 5 stars
$148.93
+1.6%
$146.79
-1.4%
+19.9%$51.48B$2.68B324.056,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade

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