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VSTA vs. IRS, EVGO, UDMY, DAO, GOTU, QSG, EWCZ, NRDY, EM, and SDA

Should you be buying Vasta Platform stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vasta Platform include IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), EVgo (EVGO), Udemy (UDMY), Youdao (DAO), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), QuantaSing Group (QSG), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), and SunCar Technology Group (SDA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Vasta Platform vs. Its Competitors

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (NYSE:IRS) and Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones and IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones both had 2 articles in the media. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' score of 0.30 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vasta Platform
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

45.5% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Vasta Platform has a net margin of 26.56% compared to IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' net margin of 25.95%. IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' return on equity of 7.91% beat Vasta Platform's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones25.95% 7.91% 3.94%
Vasta Platform 26.56%0.98%0.63%

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vasta Platform has a beta of -0.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.28%. Given IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones is more favorable than Vasta Platform.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vasta Platform
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Vasta Platform has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones$331.56B0.00-$58.25M$1.589.07
Vasta Platform$310.48M1.05$90.19M$1.014.02

Summary

IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones beats Vasta Platform on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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VSTA vs. The Competition

MetricVasta PlatformTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$325.61M$2.41B$14.76B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.43%2.71%4.00%
P/E Ratio4.0230.9828.6819.45
Price / Sales1.0533.1145.4679.78
Price / Cash4.6840.9625.7027.47
Price / Book0.355.926.275.58
Net Income$90.19M$32.07M$190.97M$252.81M
7 Day Performance-1.93%1.01%0.77%2.11%
1 Month Performance-5.36%12.62%7.51%11.87%
1 Year Performance40.00%37.28%24.49%16.61%

Vasta Platform Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSTA
Vasta Platform
3.4296 of 5 stars
$4.06
+0.2%
N/A+34.2%$325.61M$310.48M4.021,808Positive News
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
2.8154 of 5 stars
$14.49
-2.1%
$13.00
-10.3%
+52.0%$1.12B$658.73M9.181,401Analyst Upgrade
EVGO
EVgo
2.2335 of 5 stars
$3.31
-6.5%
$6.00
+81.3%
-12.3%$1.09B$276.95M-8.07220
UDMY
Udemy
3.9194 of 5 stars
$6.86
-1.9%
$10.05
+46.4%
-19.2%$1.04B$786.57M-14.911,246Analyst Downgrade
DAO
Youdao
0.3931 of 5 stars
$8.73
+1.6%
N/A+137.4%$1.03B$782.62M48.503,750
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
2.0567 of 5 stars
$3.45
-2.3%
$5.81
+68.4%
-34.0%$893.75M$623.84M-7.0414,381
QSG
QuantaSing Group
1.6113 of 5 stars
$8.95
+0.2%
$9.52
+6.4%
+389.9%$457.32M$3.11B8.062,010
EWCZ
European Wax Center
3.5101 of 5 stars
$5.52
-4.8%
$7.00
+26.8%
-48.5%$320.19M$216.92M27.60110News Coverage
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NRDY
Nerdy
2.6221 of 5 stars
$1.61
-3.9%
$2.31
+44.1%
-3.9%$304.69M$190.23M-4.01700
EM
Smart Share Global
1.7894 of 5 stars
$1.14
flat
$1.25
+9.6%
+30.2%$289.04M$1.89B38.015,090Positive News
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
3.7893 of 5 stars
$2.57
+1.2%
$7.75
+201.6%
-72.9%$263.24M$441.90M0.00N/A

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This page (NASDAQ:VSTA) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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