QMCO vs. NTAP, WDC, PSTG, STX, AXTI, TRVG, CANG, BZUN, RELL, and REKR
Should you be buying Quantum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quantum include NetApp (NTAP), Western Digital (WDC), Pure Storage (PSTG), Seagate Technology (STX), AXT (AXTI), trivago (TRVG), Cango (CANG), Baozun (BZUN), Richardson Electronics (RELL), and Rekor Systems (REKR).
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) and Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
NetApp has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NetApp had 43 more articles in the media than Quantum. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for NetApp and 4 mentions for Quantum. Quantum's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat NetApp's score of 0.36 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NetApp has a net margin of 15.73% compared to NetApp's net margin of 0.00%. Quantum's return on equity of 123.24% beat NetApp's return on equity.
NetApp presently has a consensus price target of $112.75, indicating a potential downside of 6.38%. Quantum has a consensus price target of $1.43, indicating a potential upside of 211.59%. Given NetApp's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quantum is more favorable than NetApp.
92.2% of NetApp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Quantum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NetApp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Quantum 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.
NetApp received 1118 more outperform votes than Quantum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.85% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Quantum an outperform vote.
NetApp has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum. Quantum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NetApp beats Quantum on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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