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

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

Vasta Platform vs.

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:IRS) and Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima had 2 more articles in the media than Vasta Platform. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima and 1 mentions for Vasta Platform. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.62 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima Positive
Vasta Platform Very Positive

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vasta Platform has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.34%. Vasta Platform has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.41%. Given IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Vasta Platform.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vasta Platform
2 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 Sociedad Anónima. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima, 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 Sociedad Anónima$319.75B0.00-$58.25M$1.589.72
Vasta Platform$1.64B0.21-$16.78M$1.014.21

Vasta Platform has a net margin of -3.32% compared to IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's net margin of -79.08%. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 10.23% beat Vasta Platform's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima-79.08% 10.23% 5.24%
Vasta Platform -3.32%1.61%0.98%

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima received 164 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.62% of users gave IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad AnónimaOutperform Votes
175
51.62%
Underperform Votes
164
48.38%
Vasta PlatformOutperform Votes
11
44.00%
Underperform Votes
14
56.00%

Summary

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima beats Vasta Platform on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VSTA vs. The Competition

MetricVasta PlatformEducational services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$340.86M$1.04B$7.75B$8.47B
Dividend YieldN/A5.90%2.67%4.18%
P/E Ratio-60.7112.2933.4619.79
Price / Sales0.211.56363.26137.89
Price / Cash3.2627.8930.9334.64
Price / Book0.382.485.454.53
Net Income-$16.78M$22.13M$195.65M$247.76M
7 Day Performance7.05%-0.77%1.37%1.67%
1 Month Performance-11.64%4.16%8.70%8.77%
1 Year Performance21.43%1.18%18.64%9.67%

Vasta Platform Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSTA
Vasta Platform
0.9374 of 5 stars
$4.22
+1.2%
$3.00
-28.9%
+16.8%$338.45M$1.64B-60.281,790Positive News
Gap Down
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
2.1905 of 5 stars
$15.59
+3.5%
$13.00
-16.6%
+51.2%$1.18B$319.75B-3.651,401News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
EVGO
EVgo
3.2973 of 5 stars
$3.72
-3.4%
$6.25
+68.0%
+85.0%$1.14B$276.95M-8.86220Positive News
DAO
Youdao
0.6496 of 5 stars
$9.39
-2.4%
N/A+143.7%$1.14B$5.63B93.906,100Trending News
Short Interest ↓
UDMY
Udemy
3.8373 of 5 stars
$6.98
-1.3%
$9.86
+41.3%
-20.8%$1.04B$790.02M-12.251,680Positive News
Gap Down
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
2.5579 of 5 stars
$3.88
+1.8%
$5.81
+49.7%
-41.4%$1.01B$4.55B-6.819,020Positive News
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$7.60
+3.5%
N/A+211.0%$389.21M$3.48B7.682,010News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
3.5617 of 5 stars
$3.03
-2.9%
$12.00
+296.0%
-66.3%$314.02M$441.90M0.00N/AEarnings Report
Short Interest ↓
NRDY
Nerdy
2.0885 of 5 stars
$1.70
+0.6%
$2.31
+36.0%
-10.2%$308.34M$184.10M-5.00700
EWCZ
European Wax Center
3.5635 of 5 stars
$5.53
+2.4%
$7.00
+26.6%
-49.5%$306.06M$216.92M24.04110Positive News
EM
Smart Share Global
N/A$1.08
-2.7%
N/A+2.4%$280.34M$1.89B36.015,090News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:VSTA) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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