YY vs. UPWK, SSTK, ETWO, CSGS, RNG, TASK, ATHM, DXC, FIVN, and CLVT
Should you be buying JOYY stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JOYY include Upwork (UPWK), Shutterstock (SSTK), E2open Parent (ETWO), CSG Systems International (CSGS), RingCentral (RNG), TaskUs (TASK), Autohome (ATHM), DXC Technology (DXC), Five9 (FIVN), and Clarivate (CLVT). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Upwork shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Upwork had 26 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Upwork and 3 mentions for JOYY. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat JOYY's score of 0.22 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JOYY has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JOYY received 344 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JOYY currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.37%. Upwork has a consensus price target of $17.30, indicating a potential upside of 34.21%. Given Upwork's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Upwork is more favorable than JOYY.
JOYY has a net margin of 13.31% compared to Upwork's net margin of 6.70%. Upwork's return on equity of 13.96% beat JOYY's return on equity.
Summary
Upwork beats JOYY on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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