TWOU vs. AWRE, MRDB, MNDR, GSDI, FAAS, CXAI, NTWK, SNAL, CCLD, and MTC
Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include Aware (AWRE), MariaDB (MRDB), Mobile-health Network Solutions (MNDR), Global System Dynamics (GSDI), DigiAsia (FAAS), CXApp (CXAI), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Snail (SNAL), CareCloud (CCLD), and MMTec (MTC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) and 2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
2U received 502 more outperform votes than Aware when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave 2U an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Aware an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aware had 28 more articles in the media than 2U. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Aware and 30 mentions for 2U. 2U's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Aware's score of -0.09 indicating that Aware is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2U has a net margin of -35.13% compared to 2U's net margin of -36.65%. Aware's return on equity of -10.90% beat 2U's return on equity.
24.4% of Aware shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of 2U shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Aware shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of 2U shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aware has higher earnings, but lower revenue than 2U. Aware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 2U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aware has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 2U has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2U has a consensus target price of $123.00, indicating a potential upside of 9,289.31%. Given Aware's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 2U is more favorable than Aware.
Summary
2U beats Aware on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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