UPWK vs. SSTK, CSGS, ETWO, YY, TASK, RAMP, EVTC, CARG, RNG, and ATHM
Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include Shutterstock (SSTK), CSG Systems International (CSGS), E2open Parent (ETWO), JOYY (YY), TaskUs (TASK), LiveRamp (RAMP), EVERTEC (EVTC), CarGurus (CARG), RingCentral (RNG), and Autohome (ATHM). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Upwork has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shutterstock received 124 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.62% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Upwork currently has a consensus target price of $16.55, suggesting a potential upside of 43.13%. Shutterstock has a consensus target price of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.54%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Upwork.
In the previous week, Upwork and Upwork both had 7 articles in the media. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Upwork's score of -0.01 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Upwork shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shutterstock has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Upwork's net margin of 6.80%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 23.04% beat Upwork's return on equity.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Upwork on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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