META vs. GOOGL, GOOG, TSM, AVGO, ASML, ORCL, BABA, UBER, BKNG, and NVDA
Should you be buying Meta Platforms stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Platforms include Alphabet (GOOGL), Alphabet (GOOG), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Broadcom (AVGO), ASML (ASML), Oracle (ORCL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), Booking (BKNG), and NVIDIA (NVDA).
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 15 more articles in the media than Meta Platforms. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Alphabet and 92 mentions for Meta Platforms. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Meta Platforms' score of 0.29 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meta Platforms received 2000 more outperform votes than Alphabet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.66% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 80.96% of users gave Meta Platforms an outperform vote.
Meta Platforms has a net margin of 32.06% compared to Alphabet's net margin of 25.90%. Meta Platforms' return on equity of 32.03% beat Alphabet's return on equity.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Platforms. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Meta Platforms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Meta Platforms pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Meta Platforms pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 12.3% 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.
Meta Platforms has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Meta Platforms currently has a consensus target price of $509.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.03%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $190.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.26%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Meta Platforms.
79.9% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of Meta Platforms shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Meta Platforms beats Alphabet on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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