Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS:SSNLF – Get Free Report) and NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP – Get Free Report) are both large-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Samsung Electronics and NetApp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Samsung Electronics | 9.12% | N/A | N/A |
| NetApp | 18.43% | 117.23% | 13.09% |
Risk and Volatility
Samsung Electronics has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetApp has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Samsung Electronics and NetApp, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Samsung Electronics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| NetApp | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.27 |
NetApp has a consensus target price of $169.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.06%. Given NetApp’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NetApp is more favorable than Samsung Electronics.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Samsung Electronics and NetApp”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Samsung Electronics | $197.69 billion | 0.09 | $18.45 billion | $2.68 | 52.24 |
| NetApp | $6.92 billion | 5.11 | $1.28 billion | $6.36 | 28.34 |
Samsung Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than NetApp. NetApp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Samsung Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NetApp beats Samsung Electronics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. engages in the consumer electronics, information technology and mobile communications, and device solutions businesses worldwide. The company offers smartphones, tablets, watches, and accessories; TVs, projectors, and sound devices; home appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines and dryers, vacuum cleaners, cooking appliances, dishwashers, air conditioners, and air purifiers; monitors and memory storage products; displays, and smart and LED signages; and other accessories. It also engages in venture capital investments, cloud services, network devices installation, semiconductor equipment maintenance services, digital advertising platforms, marketing, consulting, connected services, logistics, financing, and software design activities; toll processing of display panels and semiconductors; development and sale of network solutions; manufactures semiconductors and food; provision of repair services for electronic devices; and development and supply of semiconductor process defect and quality control software, as well as digital televisions, foundry, system large scale integration, connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions, and connected services. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Suwon, South Korea.
About NetApp
NetApp, Inc. provides cloud-led and data-centric services to manage and share data on-premises, and private and public clouds worldwide. It operates in two segments, Hybrid Cloud and Public Could. The company offers intelligent data management software, such as NetApp ONTAP, NetApp Snapshot, NetApp SnapCenter Backup Management, NetApp SnapMirror Data Replication, NetApp SnapLock Data Compliance, and storage infrastructure solutions, including NetApp All-Flash FAS series, NetApp Fabric Attached Storage, NetApp E/EF series, and NetApp StorageGRID. In addition, it provides cloud storage and data services comprising NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Azure NetApp Files, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud, and cloud operations services, such as NetApp Cloud Insights, Spot by NetApp, and Instaclustr. Further, the company offers application-aware data management service under the NetApp Astra name; and professional and support services, such as strategic consulting, professional, managed, and support services. Additionally, it provides assessment, design, implementation, and migration services. The company serves the energy, financial service, government, technology, internet, life science, healthcare service, manufacturing, media, entertainment, animation, video postproduction, and markets through a direct sales force and an ecosystem of partners. NetApp, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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