YELP vs. AI, APPN, PLXS, RNG, LITE, WOLF, RPD, KLIC, IESC, and SPT
Should you be buying Yelp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yelp include C3.ai (AI), Appian (APPN), Plexus (PLXS), RingCentral (RNG), Lumentum (LITE), Wolfspeed (WOLF), Rapid7 (RPD), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), IES (IESC), and Sprout Social (SPT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Yelp (NYSE:YELP) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yelp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yelp has a net margin of 7.42% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -95.21%. Yelp's return on equity of 14.06% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
Yelp currently has a consensus target price of $41.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.28%. C3.ai has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.98%. Given C3.ai's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Yelp.
90.1% of Yelp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of C3.ai shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Yelp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of C3.ai shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Yelp has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Yelp had 6 more articles in the media than C3.ai. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Yelp and 12 mentions for C3.ai. Yelp's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat C3.ai's score of 0.46 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Yelp received 964 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Summary
Yelp beats C3.ai on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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