AKAM vs. RBA, Z, WEX, BR, WU, CSGP, ZG, ETSY, LYFT, and ALIT
Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include RB Global (RBA), Zillow Group (Z), WEX (WEX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Western Union (WU), CoStar Group (CSGP), Zillow Group (ZG), Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), and Alight (ALIT). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
RB Global (NYSE:RBA) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 11 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 5 mentions for RB Global. Akamai Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat RB Global's score of 0.81 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Akamai Technologies received 800 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 49.27% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.
95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of RB Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RB Global currently has a consensus target price of $83.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.09%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $121.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.77%. Given RB Global's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than RB Global.
RB Global has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 14.37% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of 5.61%. RB Global's return on equity of 14.90% beat Akamai Technologies' return on equity.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats RB Global on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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