DUOL vs. XYZ, VEEV, DDOG, CRWV, TEAM, EA, ZS, SRAD, FIG, and BIDU
Should you be buying Duolingo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duolingo include Block (XYZ), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Datadog (DDOG), CoreWeave (CRWV), Atlassian (TEAM), Electronic Arts (EA), Zscaler (ZS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Figma (FIG), and Baidu (BIDU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Duolingo vs. Its Competitors
Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and Block (NYSE:XYZ) are both large-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Duolingo has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Block's net margin of 12.32%. Duolingo's return on equity of 13.32% beat Block's return on equity.
Duolingo has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.68, suggesting that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Duolingo currently has a consensus target price of $451.35, indicating a potential upside of 55.65%. Block has a consensus target price of $80.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.23%. Given Duolingo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Block.
91.6% of Duolingo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Duolingo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Block shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Block has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Duolingo had 35 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Duolingo and 4 mentions for Block. Duolingo's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Block's score of -0.82 indicating that Duolingo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Duolingo beats Block on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:DUOL) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
