PYPL vs. RELX, MELI, DASH, FIS, MSCI, CSGP, FICO, GPN, EBAY, and UBER
Should you be buying PayPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPal include Relx (RELX), MercadoLibre (MELI), DoorDash (DASH), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), Fair Isaac (FICO), Global Payments (GPN), eBay (EBAY), and Uber Technologies (UBER). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Relx (NYSE:RELX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.
PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. PayPal's return on equity of 21.58% beat Relx's return on equity.
68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Relx shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PayPal presently has a consensus target price of $72.73, suggesting a potential upside of 12.62%. Given PayPal's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PayPal is more favorable than Relx.
PayPal received 1396 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.34% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PayPal had 30 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for PayPal and 3 mentions for Relx. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Relx's score of 0.39 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PayPal has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PayPal beats Relx on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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