Blucora (BCOR) Competitors

Blucora (NASDAQ:BCOR) and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BCOR or YELP?

92.4% of Blucora shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Blucora shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BCOR or YELP?

Yelp has a consensus price target of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Yelp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Yelp is more favorable than Blucora.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blucora	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Yelp	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCOR or YELP?

Yelp received 967 more outperform votes than Blucora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.06% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave Blucora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blucora	Outperform Votes 367 52.43%	Underperform Votes 333 47.57%
Yelp	Outperform Votes 1334 68.06%	Underperform Votes 626 31.94%

Which has more volatility & risk, BCOR or YELP?

Blucora has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BCOR or YELP more profitable?

Yelp has a net margin of 9.41% compared to Blucora's net margin of 3.12%. Yelp's return on equity of 18.07% beat Blucora's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blucora	3.12%	15.60%	5.29%
Yelp	9.41%	18.07%	13.55%

Does the media prefer BCOR or YELP?

In the previous week, Yelp had 21 more articles in the media than Blucora. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Yelp and 0 mentions for Blucora. Yelp's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Blucora's score of 0.25 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Blucora	Neutral
Yelp	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, BCOR or YELP?

Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than Blucora. Yelp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blucora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blucora	$885.20M	1.43	$7.76M	$0.56	46.94
Yelp	$1.41B	1.62	$132.85M	$1.92	18.38

Summary

Yelp beats Blucora on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.