CHGG vs. UDMY, WKME, SSYS, KC, NVTS, YALA, PBI, EVLV, BELFB, and RDWR
Should you be buying Chegg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chegg include Udemy (UDMY), WalkMe (WKME), Stratasys (SSYS), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), Yalla Group (YALA), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Bel Fuse (BELFB), and Radware (RDWR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) and Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Chegg has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Udemy has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.2% of Chegg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Udemy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Chegg shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Udemy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Chegg has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Udemy. Chegg is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Udemy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Udemy had 12 more articles in the media than Chegg. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Udemy and 7 mentions for Chegg. Chegg's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Udemy's score of 0.29 indicating that Chegg is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chegg received 762 more outperform votes than Udemy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Chegg an outperform vote while only 46.48% of users gave Udemy an outperform vote.
Chegg has a net margin of 2.54% compared to Udemy's net margin of -14.72%. Chegg's return on equity of 1.27% beat Udemy's return on equity.
Chegg currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Udemy has a consensus target price of $14.78, indicating a potential upside of 45.16%. Given Udemy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Udemy is more favorable than Chegg.
Summary
Chegg and Udemy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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