IAC (IAC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend DUOL or IAC?

Duolingo currently has a consensus target price of $340.70, indicating a potential downside of 7.54%. IAC has a consensus target price of $70.36, indicating a potential upside of 46.19%. Given IAC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Duolingo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
IAC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Which has more risk & volatility, DUOL or IAC?

Duolingo has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DUOL or IAC?

IAC received 1019 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.44% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 54 49.09%	Underperform Votes 56 50.91%
IAC	Outperform Votes 1073 71.44%	Underperform Votes 429 28.56%

Does the media prefer DUOL or IAC?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 15 more articles in the media than IAC. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Duolingo and 8 mentions for IAC. Duolingo's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat IAC's score of 0.57 indicating that Duolingo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Duolingo	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IAC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DUOL or IAC?

91.6% of Duolingo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Duolingo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of IAC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DUOL or IAC more profitable?

Duolingo has a net margin of 12.59% compared to IAC's net margin of -0.34%. Duolingo's return on equity of 11.74% beat IAC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%
IAC	-0.34%	-5.63%	-3.69%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DUOL or IAC?

IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, 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
Duolingo	$531.11M	30.52	$16.07M	$1.83	201.37
IAC	$3.88B	1.00	$265.94M	-$0.43	-111.93

Summary

Duolingo beats IAC on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.