WDC vs. MSTR, PINS, ASX, VOD, HPE, PTC, TME, GIB, NOK, and NTAP
Should you be buying Western Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Digital include MicroStrategy (MSTR), Pinterest (PINS), ASE Technology (ASX), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), PTC (PTC), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), CGI (GIB), Nokia Oyj (NOK), and NetApp (NTAP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) 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 risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Western Digital had 20 more articles in the media than MicroStrategy. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Western Digital and 34 mentions for MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Western Digital's score of 0.54 indicating that MicroStrategy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.5% of Western Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Western Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MicroStrategy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Western Digital. Western Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MicroStrategy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of 86.47% compared to Western Digital's net margin of -12.87%. MicroStrategy's return on equity of 42.81% beat Western Digital's return on equity.
Western Digital has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MicroStrategy has a beta of 2.89, suggesting that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Digital presently has a consensus price target of $77.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.25%. MicroStrategy has a consensus price target of $1,733.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.20%. Given MicroStrategy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than Western Digital.
Western Digital received 1628 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.16% of users gave Western Digital an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats Western Digital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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