GOOGL vs. SAP, INFY, SHOP, PLTR, CRWD, TTD, NTES, TEAM, TWTR, and EA
Should you be buying Alphabet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alphabet include SAP (SAP), Infosys (INFY), Shopify (SHOP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Trade Desk (TTD), NetEase (NTES), Atlassian (TEAM), Twitter (TWTR), and Electronic Arts (EA).
Alphabet vs.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and SAP (NYSE:SAP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Alphabet has a net margin of 26.70% compared to SAP's net margin of 7.74%. Alphabet's return on equity of 30.49% beat SAP's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alphabet 26.70% 30.49% 21.63% SAP 7.74% 10.98% 6.75% Alphabet received 1939 more outperform votes than SAP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.52% of users gave Alphabet an outperform vote while only 65.97% of users gave SAP an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform Alphabet Outperform Votes 2697
84.52%
Underperform Votes 494
15.48%
SAP Outperform Votes 758
65.97%
Underperform Votes 391
34.03%
Alphabet has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SAP has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. SAP pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alphabet pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SAP pays out 37.5% 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.
40.0% of Alphabet shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of Alphabet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of SAP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than SAP. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SAP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Alphabet $307.39B 6.31 $73.80B $6.52 24.15 SAP $33.77B N/A $6.64B $4.61 48.01 Alphabet currently has a consensus target price of $201.76, indicating a potential upside of 28.13%. SAP has a consensus target price of $232.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Given Alphabet's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than SAP.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alphabet 0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81 SAP 0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89 In the previous week, Alphabet had 100 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for Alphabet and 8 mentions for SAP. SAP's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Alphabet's score of 0.04 indicating that SAP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Alphabet 29 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
34 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral SAP 2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Summary
Alphabet beats SAP on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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GOOGL vs. The Competition
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| Metric | Alphabet | Computer & Data Industry | Computer Sector | NASDAQ Exchange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.94T | $71.45B | $22.39B | $8.33B |
| Dividend Yield | 0.53% | 0.59% | 2.75% | 4.12% |
| P/E Ratio | 24.15 | 60.26 | 277.94 | 18.48 |
| Price / Sales | 6.31 | 321.26 | 580.10 | 91.68 |
| Price / Cash | 21.92 | 26.67 | 31.03 | 31.53 |
| Price / Book | 6.91 | 3.96 | 6.86 | 4.56 |
| Net Income | $73.80B | $2.50B | $657.94M | $224.33M |
| 7 Day Performance | 4.33% | 3.99% | 2.57% | 4.53% |
| 1 Month Performance | -1.81% | 4.24% | 2.42% | 7.74% |
| 1 Year Performance | 14.02% | 10.85% | 20.57% | 8.90% |
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| Company | MarketRank | Share Price | Analysts' Price Target | 1Y Price Performance | Market Cap | Revenue | P/E Ratio | Employee Count | Indicator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAPSAP | 2.5839 of 5 stars2.58 / 5 stars | $213.98 flat | $232.00 +8.4% | +63.0% | $252.41B | $32.54B | 46.42 | 107,602 | |
| INFYInfosys | 2.4748 of 5 stars2.47 / 5 stars | $22.92 +1.3% | $19.27 -15.9% | +28.9% | $94.93B | $18.56B | 30.16 | 317,240 | Analyst Upgrade Short Interest ↓ |
| SHOPShopify | 3.4827 of 5 stars3.48 / 5 stars | $68.16 +0.0% | $77.11 +13.1% | +15.7% | $87.84B | $7.06B | -400.94 | 8,300 | Analyst Forecast |
| PLTRPalantir Technologies | 2.4272 of 5 stars2.43 / 5 stars | $34.75 +0.4% | $26.79 -22.9% | +128.1% | $77.38B | $2.48B | 289.61 | 3,735 | Analyst Forecast Insider Selling |
| CRWDCrowdStrike | 4.8668 of 5 stars4.87 / 5 stars | $247.74 +0.5% | $327.16 +32.1% | +53.8% | $60.29B | $3.52B | 467.44 | 7,925 | |
| TTDTrade Desk | 2.9097 of 5 stars2.91 / 5 stars | $99.71 +0.4% | $108.85 +9.2% | +24.3% | $49.31B | $1.95B | 249.28 | 3,115 | Analyst Forecast News Coverage |
| NTESNetEase | 4.7708 of 5 stars4.77 / 5 stars | $76.42 -1.5% | $112.67 +47.4% | -23.5% | $49.07B | $14.57B | 11.85 | 29,128 | |
| TEAMAtlassian | 4.7056 of 5 stars4.71 / 5 stars | $162.25 -0.3% | $217.69 +34.2% | -21.6% | $41.95B | $4.36B | -257.54 | 12,157 | Insider Selling |
| TWTRTwitter | 0.0174 of 5 stars0.02 / 5 stars | $53.70 flat | N/A | N/A | $41.09B | $5.08B | -268.50 | 7,500 | Analyst Forecast |
| EAElectronic Arts | 4.479 of 5 stars4.48 / 5 stars | $143.80 -0.3% | $161.28 +12.2% | +19.8% | $37.99B | $7.56B | 30.73 | 13,700 | Short Interest ↑ |
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