Since NetEase Inc. (NASDAQ:NTES) and GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) are part of the Internet Software & Services industry, they are influenced by compare. The influences particularly affect the dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and valuation of both companies.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NetEase Inc. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | 6.38 | 37.13 |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.66B | 4.92 | 77.10M | 0.69 | 93.93 |
Table 1 highlights NetEase Inc. and GoDaddy Inc.’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation. The company with the lower P/E out of the two companies is considered for more affordable of the two firms presently. NetEase Inc.’s current P/E ratio is lower than that of GoDaddy Inc., which means that it is the affordable of the two.
Profitability
Table 2 shows NetEase Inc. and GoDaddy Inc.’s return on equity, net margins and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NetEase Inc. | 0.00% | 13% | 7.6% |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 2.90% | 21.5% | 2.2% |
Risk and Volatility
A 0.91 beta means NetEase Inc.’s volatility is 9.00% less than S&P 500’s volatility. Competitively, GoDaddy Inc.’s beta is 0.78 which is 22.00% less volatile than S&P 500.
Liquidity
The Current Ratio and Quick Ratio of NetEase Inc. are 1.9 and 1.7 respectively. Its competitor GoDaddy Inc.’s Current Ratio is 0.7 and its Quick Ratio is 0.7. NetEase Inc. can pay off short and long-term obligations better than GoDaddy Inc.
Dividends
The annual dividend that NetEase Inc. pay is $1.57 per share with a dividend yield of 0.69%. No dividend is paid out by GoDaddy Inc.
Analyst Ratings
The Ratings and Recommendations for NetEase Inc. and GoDaddy Inc. are featured in the next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NetEase Inc. | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.83 |
| GoDaddy Inc. | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2.80 |
The consensus price target of NetEase Inc. is $281.8, with potential upside of 26.24%. Competitively GoDaddy Inc. has a consensus price target of $87.4, with potential upside of 17.08%. Based on the results given earlier, NetEase Inc. is looking more favorable than GoDaddy Inc., analysts view.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
The shares of both NetEase Inc. and GoDaddy Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 50.7% and 0% respectively. About 45% of NetEase Inc.’s share are owned by insiders. Competitively, 0.1% are GoDaddy Inc.’s share owned by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| NetEase Inc. | 4.29% | 0.75% | 25.71% | -6.47% | -26.07% | -31.37% |
| GoDaddy Inc. | -0.83% | -2.65% | -20.7% | -10.29% | 34.41% | 28.72% |
For the past year NetEase Inc. has -31.37% weaker performance while GoDaddy Inc. has 28.72% stronger performance.
Summary
On 8 of the 14 factors GoDaddy Inc. beats NetEase Inc.
NetEase, Inc. operates an interactive online community in the PeopleÂ’s Republic of China. The company operates through Online Game Services; Advertising Services; and E-mail, E-commerce and Others segments. It offers PC-client massively multi-player online role-playing games and mobile games; and distributes its point cards to gamers. The companyÂ’s NetEase Websites provide Chinese Internet users a network of Chinese language-based online content channels, as well as community and communication services, including news content, community forums, mobile-based applications, open courses, and interactive online video. It also offers other Web-based applications and services, including a Web directory. In addition, NetEase, Inc. provides online advertising services that include banner advertising, channel sponsorships, direct email, interactive media-rich sites, sponsored special events, games, contests, and other activities; email services to individual and corporate users; and wireless value-added services. Further, the company offers e-commerce services, including Caipiao, an online service that facilitates the processing of end usersÂ’ purchase orders for lotteries; Baoxian, an online service for the sale of insurance products; Kaola that sells imported maternity and baby products, skincare and cosmetics, and other general merchandise; Yanxuan, which sells its private label products, including apparel, homeware, kitchenware, and other general merchandise; Wangyibao, an online payment platform; EaseRead, an e-reading apps; Cloud Music, an online music social network; and NetEase Cloud Classroom, an online education platform. Additionally, it provides and Internet finance services, as well as sells game-related accessories. The company was formerly known as NetEase.com, Inc. and changed its name to NetEase, Inc. in March 2012. NetEase, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Beijing, the PeopleÂ’s Republic of China.
GoDaddy Inc. designs and develops cloud-based technology products for small businesses, Web design professionals, and individuals in the United States and internationally. It provides domain name registration product that enables to engage customers at the initial stage of establishing a digital identity; hosting and presence products, such as shared Website hosting, Website hosting on virtual dedicated servers and dedicated servers, managed hosting, and security. The company also offers Website builder, an online tool that enables customers to build Websites; online store product that allows customers to create their own standalone Website with an integrated online store optimized for mobile shopping; and search engine visibility product that helps customers get their Websites found on search sites through search engine optimization. In addition, the company offers business application products, including Microsoft Office 365, email accounts, email marketing, and telephony services. GoDaddy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
