UDMY vs. CHGG, UPWK, VICR, SGML, GETY, IONQ, LILA, LILAK, PRO, and BB
Should you be buying Udemy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Udemy include Chegg (CHGG), Upwork (UPWK), Vicor (VICR), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Getty Images (GETY), IonQ (IONQ), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Liberty Latin America (LILAK), PROS (PRO), and BlackBerry (BB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) and Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Chegg has a net margin of 2.54% compared to Udemy's net margin of -14.72%. Chegg's return on equity of 1.27% beat Udemy's return on equity.
Udemy presently has a consensus target price of $14.78, indicating a potential upside of 47.19%. Chegg has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.95%. Given Udemy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Udemy is more favorable than Chegg.
In the previous week, Udemy had 3 more articles in the media than Chegg. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Udemy and 13 mentions for Chegg. Chegg's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Udemy's score of 0.43 indicating that Chegg is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chegg has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Udemy. Chegg is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Udemy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chegg received 762 more outperform votes than Udemy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.01% of users gave Chegg an outperform vote while only 46.48% of users gave Udemy an outperform vote.
Udemy has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chegg has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.5% of Udemy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Chegg shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Udemy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Chegg shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Udemy and Chegg tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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