AKAM vs. RBA, Z, WEX, BR, WU, CSGP, ZG, ETSY, LYFT, and ALIT
Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include RB Global (RBA), Zillow Group (Z), WEX (WEX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Western Union (WU), CoStar Group (CSGP), Zillow Group (ZG), Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), and Alight (ALIT). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and RB Global (NYSE:RBA) 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 media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Akamai Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $114.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.74%. RB Global has a consensus target price of $83.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.71%. Given Akamai Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than RB Global.
94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of RB Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of RB Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Akamai Technologies received 807 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 49.27% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 28 more articles in the media than RB Global. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 7 mentions for RB Global. RB Global's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 0.63 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 16.12% compared to RB Global's net margin of 8.08%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 15.02% beat RB Global's return on equity.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RB Global has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats RB Global on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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