VSTA vs. DAO, GAMB, AIRS, ISPR, OPFI, BYRN, ADTH, TBI, SEZL, and SHAP
Should you be buying Vasta Platform stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vasta Platform include Youdao (DAO), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), AirSculpt Technologies (AIRS), Ispire Technology (ISPR), OppFi (OPFI), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), AdTheorent (ADTH), TrueBlue (TBI), Sezzle (SEZL), and Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) and Youdao (NYSE:DAO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Vasta Platform has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Youdao. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Youdao, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Youdao received 35 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -5.64% compared to Youdao's net margin of -10.22%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 0.51% beat Youdao's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vasta Platform had 1 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vasta Platform and 1 mentions for Youdao. Youdao's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Vasta Platform's score of -0.27 indicating that Youdao is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vasta Platform presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.89%. Youdao has a consensus target price of $4.60, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. Given Vasta Platform's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Youdao.
Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Youdao has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its share price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Vasta Platform beats Youdao on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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