TaskUs (TASK) Competitors

TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) and MARA (NASDAQ:MARA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Is TASK or MARA more profitable?

MARA has a net margin of 27.48% compared to TaskUs' net margin of 5.58%. TaskUs' return on equity of 17.73% beat MARA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TaskUs	5.58%	17.73%	9.17%
MARA	27.48%	-8.40%	-6.92%

Does the media favor TASK or MARA?

In the previous week, MARA had 31 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for MARA and 4 mentions for TaskUs. MARA's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat TaskUs' score of 0.44 indicating that MARA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TaskUs	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MARA	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TASK or MARA?

MARA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TaskUs. MARA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TaskUs, 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
TaskUs	$1.05B	1.42	$45.69M	$0.61	27.41
MARA	$705.06M	8.16	$261.17M	-$1.45	-11.28

Which has more volatility and risk, TASK or MARA?

TaskUs has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MARA has a beta of 6.61, meaning that its share price is 561% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TASK or MARA?

44.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of MARA shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MARA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend TASK or MARA?

TaskUs currently has a consensus target price of $16.86, indicating a potential upside of 0.82%. MARA has a consensus target price of $20.83, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. Given MARA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MARA is more favorable than TaskUs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TaskUs	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
MARA	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TASK or MARA?

MARA received 274 more outperform votes than TaskUs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.78% of users gave MARA an outperform vote while only 39.39% of users gave TaskUs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TaskUs	Outperform Votes 39 39.39%	Underperform Votes 60 60.61%
MARA	Outperform Votes 313 53.78%	Underperform Votes 269 46.22%

Summary

MARA beats TaskUs on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.