JOYY (YY) Competitors

HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) and JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Is HQY or YY more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to HealthEquity's net margin of 8.41%. HealthEquity's return on equity of 9.70% beat JOYY's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HealthEquity	8.41%	9.70%	6.08%
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%

Which has more volatility and risk, HQY or YY?

HealthEquity has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HQY or YY?

99.6% of HealthEquity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of HealthEquity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HQY or YY?

JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than HealthEquity. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HealthEquity	$1.24B	7.46	$55.71M	$1.37	78.26
JOYY	$2.24B	1.17	$301.82M	-$3.10	-15.75

Does the media prefer HQY or YY?

In the previous week, HealthEquity had 46 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for HealthEquity and 3 mentions for JOYY. JOYY's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat HealthEquity's score of 0.67 indicating that JOYY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HealthEquity	16 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JOYY	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HQY or YY?

JOYY received 6 more outperform votes than HealthEquity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.40% of users gave HealthEquity an outperform vote while only 66.55% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HealthEquity	Outperform Votes 547 70.40%	Underperform Votes 230 29.60%
JOYY	Outperform Votes 553 66.55%	Underperform Votes 278 33.45%

Do analysts rate HQY or YY?

HealthEquity presently has a consensus price target of $118.09, suggesting a potential upside of 10.14%. JOYY has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.34%. Given HealthEquity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HealthEquity is more favorable than JOYY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HealthEquity	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

HealthEquity beats JOYY on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.