Hello Group (MOMO) Competitors

Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) and Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts prefer FRSH or MOMO?

Freshworks currently has a consensus price target of $20.29, indicating a potential upside of 49.93%. Hello Group has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Given Freshworks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Freshworks is more favorable than Hello Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freshworks	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Hello Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FRSH or MOMO?

75.6% of Freshworks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Hello Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of Freshworks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.4% of Hello Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FRSH or MOMO?

In the previous week, Freshworks had 9 more articles in the media than Hello Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Freshworks and 3 mentions for Hello Group. Hello Group's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Freshworks' score of 1.43 indicating that Hello Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Freshworks	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hello Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FRSH or MOMO?

Hello Group has higher revenue and earnings than Freshworks. Freshworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hello Group, 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
Freshworks	$720.42M	5.47	-$95.37M	-$0.18	-75.17
Hello Group	$1.45B	0.68	$142.42M	$1.30	6.25

Which has more volatility and risk, FRSH or MOMO?

Freshworks has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hello Group has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FRSH or MOMO more profitable?

Hello Group has a net margin of 9.36% compared to Freshworks' net margin of -7.02%. Hello Group's return on equity of 15.51% beat Freshworks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freshworks	-7.02%	-2.56%	-1.78%
Hello Group	9.36%	15.51%	9.95%

Summary

Hello Group beats Freshworks on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.