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YELP vs. SPSC, ZD, CMPR, QNST, LQDT, ANGI, TTGT, OPEN, BCOV, and DHX

Should you be buying Yelp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yelp include SPS Commerce (SPSC), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Brightcove (BCOV), and DHI Group (DHX). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Yelp vs. Its Competitors

SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) are both mid-cap internet software & services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SPS Commerce$637.77M8.32$77.05M$2.1465.25
Yelp$1.41B1.57$132.85M$2.0816.65

99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Yelp's net margin of 9.95%. Yelp's return on equity of 19.42% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SPS Commerce12.13% 12.37% 10.23%
Yelp 9.95%19.42%14.62%

SPS Commerce currently has a consensus price target of $192.56, indicating a potential upside of 37.89%. Yelp has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.85%. Given SPS Commerce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Yelp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SPS Commerce
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Yelp
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71

In the previous week, Yelp had 15 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Yelp and 4 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Yelp's score of 0.72 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SPS Commerce
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Yelp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SPS Commerce beats Yelp on 9 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 YELP 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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YELP vs. The Competition

MetricYelpINTERNET CONTENT IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.21B$4.92B$27.52B$20.52B
Dividend YieldN/A5.49%3.13%3.76%
P/E Ratio16.658.5337.1427.79
Price / Sales1.572.411,946.8940.48
Price / Cash10.6623.2938.4122.26
Price / Book3.064.267.184.58
Net Income$132.85M$121.37M$763.56M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-1.14%1.13%1.32%0.41%
1 Month Performance-6.50%6.91%4.75%3.59%
1 Year Performance-3.54%7.45%52,367.67%14.47%

Yelp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YELP
Yelp
3.7087 of 5 stars
$34.64
+0.2%
$34.00
-1.8%
-4.8%$2.21B$1.41B16.655,116
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.7412 of 5 stars
$136.09
+2.2%
$192.56
+41.5%
-26.4%$5.17B$637.77M63.592,783Positive News
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.5523 of 5 stars
$30.27
-0.5%
$47.00
+55.3%
-37.4%$1.27B$1.40B18.353,800Analyst Downgrade
CMPR
Cimpress
4.1944 of 5 stars
$47.00
+0.4%
$62.50
+33.0%
-46.3%$1.17B$3.29B8.0216,000High Trading Volume
QNST
QuinStreet
3.1406 of 5 stars
$16.10
+2.3%
$29.00
+80.1%
-0.6%$888.82M$1.03B-1,608.39790
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.7557 of 5 stars
$23.59
-0.3%
$38.50
+63.2%
+23.4%$736.48M$363.32M29.86740News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ANGI
Angi
3.9219 of 5 stars
$15.26
-3.2%
$21.36
+40.0%
-13.0%$732.33M$1.19B13.872,800News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
TTGT
TechTarget
3.9335 of 5 stars
$7.77
+10.7%
$19.33
+148.8%
-77.9%$555.48M$284.90M-18.502,100High Trading Volume
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
4.1138 of 5 stars
$0.53
-4.5%
$1.55
+190.8%
-59.6%$388.50M$5.15B-1.031,470News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BCOV
Brightcove
0.524 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720
DHX
DHI Group
4.1752 of 5 stars
$2.98
+0.3%
$5.25
+76.2%
+36.6%$145.28M$141.93M-17.53530News Coverage

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