TWOU vs. CLPS, NTWK, SMSI, MRDB, IVDA, AWRE, BLIN, ICCT, SEAC, and IDAI
Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), MariaDB (MRDB), Iveda Solutions (IVDA), Aware (AWRE), Bridgeline Digital (BLIN), iCoreConnect (ICCT), SeaChange International (SEAC), and T Stamp (IDAI). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) and CLPS Incorporation (NASDAQ:CLPS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
80.5% of 2U shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of CLPS Incorporation shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of 2U shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.7% of CLPS Incorporation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CLPS Incorporation has a net margin of 0.00% compared to 2U's net margin of -33.58%. CLPS Incorporation's return on equity of 0.00% beat 2U's return on equity.
2U received 509 more outperform votes than CLPS Incorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.93% of users gave 2U an outperform vote while only 64.91% of users gave CLPS Incorporation an outperform vote.
2U has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CLPS Incorporation has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
2U presently has a consensus price target of $4.31, indicating a potential upside of 1,694.05%. Given 2U's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe 2U is more favorable than CLPS Incorporation.
CLPS Incorporation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 2U.
In the previous week, 2U had 3 more articles in the media than CLPS Incorporation. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 2U and 1 mentions for CLPS Incorporation. CLPS Incorporation's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat 2U's score of -0.40 indicating that CLPS Incorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CLPS Incorporation beats 2U on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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