EA vs. VEEV, TTWO, ADSK, PLTR, RBLX, LVS, TCOM, RCL, DKNG, and CHTR
Should you be buying Electronic Arts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Electronic Arts include Veeva Systems (VEEV), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Autodesk (ADSK), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Roblox (RBLX), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), DraftKings (DKNG), and Charter Communications (CHTR).
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Electronic Arts received 833 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.70% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote.
90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Veeva Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Electronic Arts' net margin of 16.83%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 18.81% beat Veeva Systems' return on equity.
Electronic Arts has higher revenue and earnings than Veeva Systems. Electronic Arts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veeva Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Electronic Arts presently has a consensus price target of $147.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Veeva Systems has a consensus price target of $234.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.71%. Given Electronic Arts' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Electronic Arts is more favorable than Veeva Systems.
In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 18 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Electronic Arts and 21 mentions for Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.42 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Electronic Arts beats Veeva Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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