DH vs. COUR, KARO, RCAT, PD, LSPD, MLNK, OPRA, NABL, TUYA, and BASE
Should you be buying Definitive Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Definitive Healthcare include Coursera (COUR), Karooooo (KARO), Red Cat (RCAT), PagerDuty (PD), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), MeridianLink (MLNK), Opera (OPRA), N-able (NABL), Tuya (TUYA), and Couchbase (BASE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Definitive Healthcare vs. Its Competitors
Coursera (NYSE:COUR) and Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ:DH) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Coursera has higher revenue and earnings than Definitive Healthcare. Coursera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Definitive Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coursera has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Definitive Healthcare has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coursera currently has a consensus price target of $11.71, suggesting a potential upside of 27.67%. Definitive Healthcare has a consensus price target of $4.28, suggesting a potential upside of 43.87%. Given Definitive Healthcare's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Definitive Healthcare is more favorable than Coursera.
Coursera has a net margin of -7.05% compared to Definitive Healthcare's net margin of -124.43%. Definitive Healthcare's return on equity of 3.94% beat Coursera's return on equity.
89.6% of Coursera shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Definitive Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Coursera shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Definitive Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Coursera had 16 more articles in the media than Definitive Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Coursera and 3 mentions for Definitive Healthcare. Definitive Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Coursera's score of 0.48 indicating that Definitive Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Coursera beats Definitive Healthcare on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DH) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
