EBAY vs. GPN, BR, FLT, MSCI, EQIX, SE, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, and SPSC
Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include Global Payments (GPN), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), MSCI (MSCI), Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), and SPS Commerce (SPSC).
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
eBay has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. eBay pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Payments pays out 19.8% 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 has a net margin of 25.97% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 13.40%. eBay's return on equity of 29.11% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
eBay received 709 more outperform votes than Global Payments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.28% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.
eBay currently has a consensus price target of $52.05, indicating a potential downside of 4.00%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $149.11, indicating a potential upside of 46.40%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than eBay.
eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Global Payments. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Payments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, eBay had 10 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for eBay and 8 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat eBay's score of 0.75 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of eBay shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Global Payments beats eBay on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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