DDI vs. UPWK, PINC, XMTR, PLTK, LZ, PHR, DFIN, UPBD, CRTO, and GB
Should you be buying DoubleDown Interactive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoubleDown Interactive include Upwork (UPWK), Premier (PINC), Xometry (XMTR), Playtika (PLTK), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Phreesia (PHR), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Upbound Group (UPBD), Criteo (CRTO), and Global Blue Group (GB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
DoubleDown Interactive vs.
Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) and DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ:DDI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Upwork has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoubleDown Interactive has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Upwork had 7 more articles in the media than DoubleDown Interactive. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Upwork and 1 mentions for DoubleDown Interactive. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat DoubleDown Interactive's score of 0.30 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Upwork presently has a consensus target price of $18.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.53%. DoubleDown Interactive has a consensus target price of $20.33, indicating a potential upside of 92.01%. Given DoubleDown Interactive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DoubleDown Interactive is more favorable than Upwork.
DoubleDown Interactive has a net margin of 36.37% compared to Upwork's net margin of 28.02%. Upwork's return on equity of 50.83% beat DoubleDown Interactive's return on equity.
Upwork has higher revenue and earnings than DoubleDown Interactive. DoubleDown Interactive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Upwork received 209 more outperform votes than DoubleDown Interactive when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave DoubleDown Interactive an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Summary
Upwork beats DoubleDown Interactive on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DDI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
