Thryv (THRY) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend THRY or YY?

Thryv presently has a consensus price target of $21.40, indicating a potential upside of 55.13%. JOYY has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.34%. Given Thryv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Thryv is more favorable than JOYY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thryv	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, THRY or YY?

Thryv has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, THRY or YY?

JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than Thryv. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thryv, 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
Thryv	$771.90M	0.78	-$259.30M	-$2.53	-5.45
JOYY	$2.24B	1.04	$301.82M	-$3.10	-14.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in THRY or YY?

JOYY received 522 more outperform votes than Thryv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote while only 64.58% of users gave Thryv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Thryv	Outperform Votes 31 64.58%	Underperform Votes 17 35.42%
JOYY	Outperform Votes 553 66.55%	Underperform Votes 278 33.45%

Is THRY or YY more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to Thryv's net margin of -38.87%. JOYY's return on equity of 4.64% beat Thryv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thryv	-38.87%	-42.95%	-8.52%
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in THRY or YY?

96.4% of Thryv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of Thryv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer THRY or YY?

In the previous week, JOYY had 5 more articles in the media than Thryv. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for JOYY and 4 mentions for Thryv. Thryv's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat JOYY's score of 1.42 indicating that Thryv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Thryv	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JOYY	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

JOYY beats Thryv on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.