RELX vs. PYPL, DASH, FICO, UBER, CDNS, ANET, SNPS, APH, CRWD, and INFY
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include PayPal (PYPL), DoorDash (DASH), Fair Isaac (FICO), Uber Technologies (UBER), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Arista Networks (ANET), Synopsys (SNPS), Amphenol (APH), CrowdStrike (CRWD), and Infosys (INFY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Relx (NYSE:RELX) and PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.
Relx has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PayPal has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
15.0% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. PayPal's return on equity of 21.58% beat Relx's return on equity.
PayPal has a consensus price target of $72.73, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. Given PayPal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PayPal is more favorable than Relx.
In the previous week, PayPal had 57 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for PayPal and 4 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat PayPal's score of 0.58 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PayPal received 1395 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.33% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
Summary
PayPal beats Relx on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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