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Block (XYZ) Competitors

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$74.00 -3.26 (-4.22%)
As of 08/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

XYZ vs. SHOP, APP, CRWD, NTES, RBLX, INFY, SNOW, NET, CRWV, and TEAM

Should you be buying Block stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Block include Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Cloudflare (NET), CoreWeave (CRWV), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Block vs. Its Competitors

Block (NYSE:XYZ) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

In the previous week, Shopify had 42 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Shopify and 1 mentions for Block. Shopify's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Block's score of -0.33 indicating that Shopify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Block
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shopify
38 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Block$24.12B1.89$2.90B$4.1118.00
Shopify$9.38B16.41$2.02B$1.2396.42

Block has a beta of 2.71, indicating that its share price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Block's net margin of 10.84%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Block's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Block10.84% 5.71% 3.18%
Shopify 22.74%12.00%9.79%

Block presently has a consensus target price of $74.16, suggesting a potential upside of 0.21%. Shopify has a consensus target price of $120.34, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Given Shopify's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shopify is more favorable than Block.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Block
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
18 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Block shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Shopify beats Block 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 XYZ 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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XYZ vs. The Competition

MetricBlockINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$47.52B$19.20B$29.13B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.95%3.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio18.0085.9248.1729.01
Price / Sales1.89154.471,546.2066.10
Price / Cash30.4292.4138.0722.82
Price / Book2.168.087.414.43
Net Income$2.90B$341.62M$782.80M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-8.31%-6.56%-3.70%-3.39%
1 Month Performance6.95%0.43%-0.17%-2.10%
1 Year PerformanceN/A56.28%52,681.94%10.09%

Block Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XYZ
Block
3.1913 of 5 stars
$74.00
-4.2%
$74.16
+0.2%
N/A$47.52B$24.12B18.0011,372Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
SHOP
Shopify
3.9883 of 5 stars
$123.71
-3.7%
$119.16
-3.7%
+104.0%$160.50B$9.38B79.8111,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
APP
AppLovin
3.8701 of 5 stars
$350.00
-4.4%
$438.43
+25.3%
+405.0%$118.44B$4.71B63.181,710Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1701 of 5 stars
$471.23
-2.1%
$460.93
-2.2%
+99.2%$117.45B$3.95B-682.9410,118Positive News
NTES
NetEase
3.7946 of 5 stars
$139.49
+1.6%
$119.38
-14.4%
+39.7%$88.38B$14.43B20.0726,028News Coverage
RBLX
Roblox
2.9751 of 5 stars
$120.14
-3.5%
$88.50
-26.3%
+222.2%$81.49B$3.60B-89.652,474Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.1649 of 5 stars
$18.25
+0.3%
$17.73
-2.9%
-26.4%$75.60B$19.28B24.01323,578Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
4.4131 of 5 stars
$212.67
-1.4%
$226.73
+6.6%
+65.1%$71.00B$3.63B-50.527,834Positive News
Gap Down
NET
Cloudflare
4.2485 of 5 stars
$190.68
-3.6%
$155.32
-18.5%
+169.5%$66.09B$1.67B-829.034,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$129.77
+3.9%
$85.25
-34.3%
N/A$62.29B$2.71B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7883 of 5 stars
$198.44
+2.1%
$274.05
+38.1%
+5.6%$52.09B$4.96B-119.5412,157Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade

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