TaskUs (TASK) Competitors

Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ETSY or TASK?

Etsy has higher revenue and earnings than TaskUs. TaskUs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, 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
Etsy	$2.81B	1.83	$303.28M	$1.24	41.77
TaskUs	$994.98M	1.60	$45.87M	$0.69	25.74

Is ETSY or TASK more profitable?

Etsy has a net margin of 5.78% compared to TaskUs' net margin of 5.70%. TaskUs' return on equity of 20.37% beat Etsy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Etsy	5.78%	-31.10%	11.14%
TaskUs	5.70%	20.37%	10.72%

Do analysts recommend ETSY or TASK?

Etsy currently has a consensus target price of $57.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.60%. TaskUs has a consensus target price of $17.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.02%. Given Etsy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than TaskUs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Etsy	3 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
TaskUs	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ETSY or TASK?

99.5% of Etsy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of TaskUs shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Etsy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of TaskUs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ETSY or TASK?

In the previous week, Etsy had 28 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Etsy and 1 mentions for TaskUs. TaskUs' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Etsy's score of 0.60 indicating that TaskUs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Etsy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TaskUs	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ETSY or TASK?

Etsy has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Etsy beats TaskUs on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.