ETSY vs. LYFT, ALIT, ZG, Z, WU, AKAM, MTSI, BZ, FN, and MMYT
Should you be buying Etsy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Etsy include Lyft (LYFT), Alight (ALIT), Zillow Group (ZG), Zillow Group (Z), Western Union (WU), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Kanzhun (BZ), Fabrinet (FN), and MakeMyTrip (MMYT).
Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Etsy received 545 more outperform votes than Lyft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.
Etsy has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Etsy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Etsy presently has a consensus price target of $79.96, indicating a potential upside of 29.13%. Lyft has a consensus price target of $16.70, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. Given Etsy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than Lyft.
Etsy has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Lyft's net margin of -3.94%. Lyft's return on equity of -24.10% beat Etsy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lyft had 48 more articles in the media than Etsy. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Lyft and 26 mentions for Etsy. Lyft's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Etsy's score of 0.14 indicating that Lyft is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Etsy beats Lyft on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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