SNAP vs. PINS, ZM, BIDU, TTD, BZ, HPQ, ANSS, GLW, WIT, and FTV
Should you be buying Snap stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap include Pinterest (PINS), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Baidu (BIDU), Trade Desk (TTD), Kanzhun (BZ), HP (HPQ), ANSYS (ANSS), Corning (GLW), Wipro (WIT), and Fortive (FTV). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Snap (NYSE:SNAP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Snap shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of Snap shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pinterest has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Pinterest's net margin of -26.99%. Snap's return on equity of 5.93% beat Pinterest's return on equity.
Pinterest presently has a consensus target price of $41.26, indicating a potential downside of 1.75%. Snap has a consensus target price of $14.79, indicating a potential downside of 7.63%. Given Snap's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Snap.
Pinterest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Snap received 835 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.39% of users gave Snap an outperform vote while only 49.90% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 29 more articles in the media than Snap. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Pinterest and 12 mentions for Snap. Snap's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Pinterest's score of 0.54 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pinterest beats Snap on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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