SOHU vs. UPWK, XMTR, OLO, PHR, LZ, NVEE, VVX, TASK, UPBD, and GB
Should you be buying Sohu.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sohu.com include Upwork (UPWK), Xometry (XMTR), OLO (OLO), Phreesia (PHR), LegalZoom.com (LZ), NV5 Global (NVEE), V2X (VVX), TaskUs (TASK), Upbound Group (UPBD), and Global Blue Group (GB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Sohu.com vs. Its Competitors
Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
33.0% of Sohu.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Upwork shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Upwork has a consensus price target of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.09%. Given Upwork's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upwork is more favorable than Sohu.com.
Upwork has higher revenue and earnings than Sohu.com. Sohu.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Upwork had 1 more articles in the media than Sohu.com. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Upwork and 1 mentions for Sohu.com. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Sohu.com's score of 0.20 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Upwork has a net margin of 30.46% compared to Sohu.com's net margin of 17.97%. Upwork's return on equity of 48.38% beat Sohu.com's return on equity.
Sohu.com has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Upwork beats Sohu.com on 14 of the 16 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:SOHU) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
