XNET vs. UPLD, CMCM, AUID, WIMI, AILE, LDTC, LPSN, AWRE, MRDB, and TWOU
Should you be buying Xunlei stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xunlei include Upland Software (UPLD), Cheetah Mobile (CMCM), authID (AUID), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), iLearningEngines (AILE), LeddarTech (LDTC), LivePerson (LPSN), Aware (AWRE), MariaDB (MRDB), and 2U (TWOU). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Xunlei (NASDAQ:XNET) and Upland Software (NASDAQ:UPLD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Xunlei has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Upland Software's net margin of -46.64%. Upland Software's return on equity of 13.87% beat Xunlei's return on equity.
Xunlei has higher revenue and earnings than Upland Software. Upland Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xunlei, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Upland Software has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 33.93%. Given Upland Software's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Upland Software is more favorable than Xunlei.
Upland Software received 200 more outperform votes than Xunlei when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Upland Software an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Xunlei an outperform vote.
5.1% of Xunlei shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Upland Software shares are held by institutional investors. 21.7% of Xunlei shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Upland Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Upland Software had 9 more articles in the media than Xunlei. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Upland Software and 7 mentions for Xunlei. Upland Software's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Xunlei's score of 0.28 indicating that Upland Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Xunlei has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upland Software has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Xunlei beats Upland Software on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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