DAO vs. VSTA, NCMI, WDH, GGR, CTLP, GCI, ADTN, ICG, GDOT, and TRMR
Should you be buying Youdao stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Youdao include Vasta Platform (VSTA), National CineMedia (NCMI), Waterdrop (WDH), Gogoro (GGR), Cantaloupe (CTLP), Gannett (GCI), ADTRAN (ADTN), Intchains Group (ICG), Green Dot (GDOT), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Youdao (NYSE:DAO) and Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Youdao has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Youdao presently has a consensus target price of $4.60, suggesting a potential upside of 19.33%. Vasta Platform has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.93%. Given Vasta Platform's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Youdao.
In the previous week, Vasta Platform had 3 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vasta Platform and 3 mentions for Youdao. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Youdao's score of 0.00 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vasta Platform has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Youdao, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -5.64% compared to Youdao's net margin of -10.22%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 0.51% beat Youdao's return on equity.
Youdao received 35 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.
Summary
Vasta Platform beats Youdao on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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