Skillsoft (SKIL) Competitors

Hello Group (NASDAQ:MOMO) and Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MOMO or SKIL?

51.0% of Hello Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Skillsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.4% of Hello Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Skillsoft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend MOMO or SKIL?

Hello Group currently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.73%. Given Hello Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hello Group is more favorable than Skillsoft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hello Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Skillsoft	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MOMO or SKIL?

Hello Group has higher revenue and earnings than Skillsoft. Skillsoft 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
Hello Group	$10.56B	0.07	$275.72M	$0.78	7.68
Skillsoft	$530.99M	0.32	-$349.29M	-$14.87	-1.37

Which has more risk and volatility, MOMO or SKIL?

Hello Group has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skillsoft has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MOMO or SKIL?

Hello Group received 519 more outperform votes than Skillsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.64% of users gave Hello Group an outperform vote while only 34.15% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hello Group	Outperform Votes 533 67.64%	Underperform Votes 255 32.36%
Skillsoft	Outperform Votes 14 34.15%	Underperform Votes 27 65.85%

Is MOMO or SKIL more profitable?

Hello Group has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Skillsoft's net margin of -62.85%. Hello Group's return on equity of 11.41% beat Skillsoft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hello Group	11.98%	11.41%	7.51%
Skillsoft	-62.85%	-53.74%	-7.53%

Does the media favor MOMO or SKIL?

In the previous week, Hello Group had 4 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hello Group and 2 mentions for Skillsoft. Hello Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Skillsoft's score of -0.09 indicating that Hello Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hello Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skillsoft	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Hello Group beats Skillsoft on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.