EBAY vs. BR, GPN, MSCI, CSGP, Z, FIS, ETSY, MELI, BLDR, and DLTR
Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Global Payments (GPN), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), Zillow Group (Z), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Etsy (ETSY), MercadoLibre (MELI), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), and Dollar Tree (DLTR).
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
eBay received 1386 more outperform votes than Broadridge Financial Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.88% of users gave eBay an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
87.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of eBay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
eBay has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadridge Financial Solutions has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
eBay has a net margin of 25.97% compared to Broadridge Financial Solutions' net margin of 10.92%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat eBay's return on equity.
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Broadridge Financial Solutions. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadridge Financial Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, eBay had 8 more articles in the media than Broadridge Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for eBay and 23 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge Financial Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat eBay's score of 0.48 indicating that Broadridge Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
eBay presently has a consensus price target of $51.45, suggesting a potential downside of 1.25%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $206.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.43%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than eBay.
eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. eBay pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. eBay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
eBay and Broadridge Financial Solutions tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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