JOYY (YY) Competitors

JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer YY or UPWK?

JOYY currently has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.60%. Upwork has a consensus price target of $16.55, indicating a potential upside of 47.33%. Given Upwork's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Upwork is more favorable than JOYY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Upwork	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YY or UPWK?

JOYY received 345 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.24% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JOYY	Outperform Votes 550 67.24%	Underperform Votes 268 32.76%
Upwork	Outperform Votes 205 56.47%	Underperform Votes 158 43.53%

Does the media refer more to YY or UPWK?

In the previous week, Upwork had 3 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Upwork and 3 mentions for JOYY. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat JOYY's score of 0.00 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JOYY	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Upwork	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, YY or UPWK?

JOYY has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, YY or UPWK?

JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, 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
JOYY	$2.27B	0.89	$301.82M	$4.97	6.57
Upwork	$689.14M	2.24	$46.89M	$0.07	160.45

Is YY or UPWK more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 13.31% compared to Upwork's net margin of 6.80%. Upwork's return on equity of 14.21% beat JOYY's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JOYY	13.31%	5.13%	3.15%
Upwork	6.80%	14.21%	4.87%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in YY or UPWK?

36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Upwork shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Upwork beats JOYY on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.