Snap (NYSE:SNAP – Get Free Report) is one of 192 public companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Snap to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Snap and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Snap | -4.90% | -14.61% | -4.12% |
| Snap Competitors | -349.35% | -22.60% | 4.06% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Snap and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Snap | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2.30 |
| Snap Competitors | 1444 | 6024 | 11556 | 441 | 2.56 |
Snap presently has a consensus target price of $7.31, indicating a potential upside of 47.01%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 34.03%. Given Snap’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Snap is more favorable than its competitors.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Snap and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Snap | $5.93 billion | -$460.49 million | -55.23 |
| Snap Competitors | $12.05 billion | $3.48 billion | 18.43 |
Snap’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Snap. Snap is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Volatility & Risk
Snap has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap’s competitors have a beta of 1.88, indicating that their average stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
47.5% of Snap shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Snap shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Snap competitors beat Snap on 8 of the 13 factors compared.
Snap Company Profile
Snap Inc. operates as a technology company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a visual messaging application with various tabs, such as camera, visual messaging, snap map, stories, and spotlight that enable people to communicate visually through short videos and images. It also provides Spectacles, an eyewear product that connects with Snapchat and captures photos and video from a human perspective; and advertising products, including AR ads and Snap ads comprises a single image or video ads, collection ads, dynamic ads, story ads, and commercials. The company was formerly known as Snapchat, Inc. and changed its name to Snap Inc. in September 2016. Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
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