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2U (TWOU) Competitors

$4.00
+0.02 (+0.50%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$3.71
$4.00
50-Day Range
$3.45
$6.85
52-Week Range
$3.37
$13.15
Volume
1.65 million shs
Average Volume
1.17 million shs
Market Capitalization
$321.68 million
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$10.95

TWOU vs. CGNT, BBAI, BAND, LPSN, ONTF, RDVT, KLTR, EGAN, AMSWA, and DOMO

Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include Cognyte Software (CGNT), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Bandwidth (BAND), LivePerson (LPSN), ON24 (ONTF), Red Violet (RDVT), Kaltura (KLTR), eGain (EGAN), American Software (AMSWA), and Domo (DOMO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

2U vs.

2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) and Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

2U received 415 more outperform votes than Cognyte Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.92% of users gave 2U an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Cognyte Software an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
2UOutperform Votes
615
73.92%
Underperform Votes
217
26.08%
Cognyte SoftwareOutperform Votes
200
56.82%
Underperform Votes
152
43.18%

2U currently has a consensus target price of $10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 185.37%. Cognyte Software has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 38.02%. Given 2U's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe 2U is more favorable than Cognyte Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
2U
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Cognyte Software
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Cognyte Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 2U. Cognyte Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 2U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
2U$963.08 million0.31-$322.15 million-$3.22-1.16
Cognyte Software$312.06 million1.07-$114.13 million-$1.69-2.86

84.9% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of 2U shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

2U has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

2U has a net margin of -26.41% compared to Cognyte Software's net margin of -36.57%. 2U's return on equity of -13.75% beat Cognyte Software's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
2U -26.41% -13.75% -3.79%
Cognyte Software -36.57% -55.52% -26.16%

In the previous week, 2U had 3 more articles in the media than Cognyte Software. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for 2U and 2 mentions for Cognyte Software. 2U's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Cognyte Software's score of 1.44 indicating that 2U is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
2U Very Positive
Cognyte Software Positive

Summary

2U beats Cognyte Software on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TWOU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TWOU vs. The Competition

Metric2UPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$300.77M$18.12B$14.87B$6.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%4.60%6.17%
P/E Ratio-1.1633.43309.6511.30
Price / Sales0.316.61861.2285.75
Price / Cash8.3662.9326.21107.35
Price / Book0.6528.2317.207.10
Net Income-$322.15M$270.08M$527.34M$193.32M
7 Day Performance-9.22%2.02%0.69%-0.93%
1 Month Performance-32.49%7.00%3.63%1.01%
1 Year Performance-59.87%-6.27%-5.21%-0.93%

2U Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGNT
Cognyte Software
1.5762 of 5 stars
$4.85
+8.0%
$3.00
-38.1%
-32.1%$333.87M$312.06M-2.871,650Positive News
BBAI
BigBear.ai
1.0863 of 5 stars
$2.12
-9.8%
N/A-60.6%$302.93M$155.01M-2.12665Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
BAND
Bandwidth
2.2548 of 5 stars
$11.79
-0.3%
$23.78
+101.7%
-49.0%$301.39M$579.63M-16.371,100Short Interest ↑
LPSN
LivePerson
2.2481 of 5 stars
$3.77
-1.6%
$6.33
+68.0%
-77.9%$297.68M$514.80M-1.621,301Short Interest ↑
ONTF
ON24
2.4161 of 5 stars
$7.84
+0.4%
$10.00
+27.6%
-39.0%$359.54M$190.87M-6.22717
RDVT
Red Violet
0 of 5 stars
$19.93
+0.6%
N/A-18.3%$277.43M$53.32M249.13139
KLTR
Kaltura
2.0725 of 5 stars
$1.70
-0.6%
$2.81
+65.4%
-10.5%$231.90M$168.81M-3.54758Positive News
EGAN
eGain
1.8449 of 5 stars
$7.13
+1.6%
$8.00
+12.2%
-24.9%$227.23M$91.95M-118.81563Positive News
AMSWA
American Software
2.7872 of 5 stars
$12.67
-0.1%
$21.75
+71.7%
-27.6%$427.99M$127.55M39.59418Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DOMO
Domo
2.348 of 5 stars
$13.23
+3.4%
$22.40
+69.3%
-61.4%$460.93M$308.64M-4.71917Earnings Report

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