TWOU vs. AISP, FAAS, UPLD, RCAT, SKIL, WIMI, AIXI, AUID, WFCF, and MAQC
Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include Airship AI (AISP), DigiAsia (FAAS), Upland Software (UPLD), Red Cat (RCAT), Skillsoft (SKIL), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), Xiao-I (AIXI), authID (AUID), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), and Maquia Capital Acquisition (MAQC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) and 2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
2U received 618 more outperform votes than Airship AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Airship AI an outperform vote while only 71.51% of users gave 2U an outperform vote.
Airship AI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 2U.
Airship AI presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 207.69%. 2U has a consensus price target of $4.31, indicating a potential upside of 1,371.37%. Given Airship AI's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 2U is more favorable than Airship AI.
In the previous week, Airship AI had 5 more articles in the media than 2U. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Airship AI and 6 mentions for 2U. 2U's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Airship AI's score of -0.07 indicating that Airship AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of 2U shares are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of Airship AI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of 2U shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Airship AI has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 2U has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Airship AI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Airship AI's net margin of -35.13%. Airship AI's return on equity of -10.90% beat 2U's return on equity.
Summary
Airship AI beats 2U on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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