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$20.12 -0.26 (-1.27%)
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SKIL vs. RCAT, SMWB, OSPN, BMBL, KIND, ECX, DADA, PUBM, PERI, and LGTY

Should you be buying Skillsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillsoft include Red Cat (RCAT), Similarweb (SMWB), OneSpan (OSPN), Bumble (BMBL), Nextdoor (KIND), ECARX (ECX), Dada Nexus (DADA), PubMatic (PUBM), Perion Network (PERI), and Logility Supply Chain Solutions (LGTY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Skillsoft vs.

Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) and Red Cat (NASDAQ:RCAT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Skillsoft received 10 more outperform votes than Red Cat when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Red Cat an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SkillsoftOutperform Votes
15
35.71%
Underperform Votes
27
64.29%
Red CatOutperform Votes
5
83.33%
Underperform Votes
1
16.67%

Skillsoft has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Cat has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Red Cat has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skillsoft. Red Cat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skillsoft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Skillsoft$530.99M0.32-$349.29M-$14.87-1.35
Red Cat$16.47M32.52-$24.05M-$0.54-10.91

Skillsoft has a net margin of -62.85% compared to Red Cat's net margin of -232.62%. Skillsoft's return on equity of -53.74% beat Red Cat's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Skillsoft-62.85% -53.74% -7.53%
Red Cat -232.62%-96.00%-75.95%

Red Cat has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.31%. Given Red Cat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Red Cat is more favorable than Skillsoft.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Skillsoft
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Red Cat
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

In the previous week, Red Cat had 22 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Red Cat and 4 mentions for Skillsoft. Red Cat's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Skillsoft's score of -0.03 indicating that Red Cat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Skillsoft
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Red Cat
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

87.0% of Skillsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.0% of Red Cat shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Skillsoft shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of Red Cat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Red Cat beats Skillsoft on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SKIL vs. The Competition

MetricSkillsoftPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$169.58M$26.77B$13.51B$19.49B
Dividend YieldN/A1.70%2.65%3.89%
P/E Ratio-0.48118.9133.5734.81
Price / Sales0.3215.00358.6039.26
Price / Cash0.8986.0630.9317.51
Price / Book0.799.405.314.74
Net Income-$349.29M$436.62M$195.65M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.48%4.68%0.17%1.30%
1 Month Performance5.04%18.17%7.11%4.79%
1 Year Performance108.29%27.24%15.92%5.33%

Skillsoft Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKIL
Skillsoft
1.6973 of 5 stars
$20.12
-1.3%
N/A+108.3%$169.58M$530.99M-0.482,940News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
RCAT
Red Cat
3.0627 of 5 stars
$6.82
+1.3%
$8.50
+24.6%
+489.0%$620.04M$16.47M-12.6370Trending News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
SMWB
Similarweb
3.1155 of 5 stars
$7.50
-0.5%
$15.75
+109.9%
-3.5%$619.89M$258.02M-53.59930News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
OSPN
OneSpan
4.6779 of 5 stars
$15.81
+0.5%
$19.50
+23.3%
+21.4%$604.42M$241.70M21.36790Positive News
BMBL
Bumble
2.7562 of 5 stars
$5.72
-2.1%
$6.71
+17.2%
-52.1%$590.83M$1.05B-1.17950Positive News
Gap Down
KIND
Nextdoor
2.4821 of 5 stars
$1.48
+1.0%
$2.28
+54.8%
-36.7%$564.32M$248.31M-4.61700News Coverage
Positive News
ECX
ECARX
2.0042 of 5 stars
$1.52
-4.4%
$3.20
+110.5%
+28.3%$563.51M$5.85B-3.042,000Short Interest ↑
DADA
Dada Nexus
1.8631 of 5 stars
$2.15
+1.9%
$2.95
+37.2%
+21.1%$555.23M$9.66B-1.943,130News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
PUBM
PubMatic
3.326 of 5 stars
$11.29
-1.2%
$19.11
+69.3%
-46.5%$547.87M$288.38M36.42880Gap Down
PERI
Perion Network
3.0314 of 5 stars
$10.76
-1.7%
$12.13
+12.7%
-15.0%$482.32M$429.81M41.39420Short Interest ↓
LGTY
Logility Supply Chain Solutions
N/A$14.29
+0.1%
N/AN/A$481.42M$101.87M-1,429.00324Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume

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