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DAO vs. LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, IRS, UDMY, and GOTU

Should you be buying Youdao stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Youdao include Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), Afya (AFYA), EVgo (EVGO), IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), Udemy (UDMY), and Gaotu Techedu (GOTU). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Youdao vs. Its Competitors

Youdao (NYSE:DAO) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Youdao has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Laureate Education has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.13%. Given Laureate Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Laureate Education is more favorable than Youdao.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Youdao
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Laureate Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Laureate Education has a net margin of 16.41% compared to Youdao's net margin of 4.05%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 29.46% beat Youdao's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Youdao4.05% -12.10% 14.63%
Laureate Education 16.41%29.46%14.61%

Laureate Education has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao. Laureate Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Youdao, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Youdao$5.63B0.18$11.26M$0.2831.11
Laureate Education$1.57B2.63$296.47M$1.7016.44

21.9% of Youdao shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Laureate Education had 8 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Laureate Education and 3 mentions for Youdao. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Youdao's score of 1.07 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Youdao
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Laureate Education
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Laureate Education beats Youdao on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DAO vs. The Competition

MetricYoudaoTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.01B$2.69B$26.37B$21.33B
Dividend YieldN/A1.58%2.74%3.49%
P/E Ratio31.1123.1926.8429.14
Price / Sales0.1842.401,057.2647.14
Price / Cash69.5240.0325.6318.29
Price / Book-3.717.056.175.30
Net Income$11.26M$34.86M$198.30M$998.51M
7 Day Performance-2.24%-2.18%-0.75%-0.63%
1 Month Performance-1.91%1.01%8.05%4.90%
1 Year Performance178.27%68.97%50.81%13.95%

Youdao Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAO
Youdao
1.5565 of 5 stars
$8.71
+3.1%
N/A+178.3%$1.01B$5.63B31.113,750Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0842 of 5 stars
$26.88
-0.1%
$24.00
-10.7%
+86.0%$3.96B$1.55B15.8131,800Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.1467 of 5 stars
$18.60
+1.9%
$21.60
+16.1%
+35.6%$3.06B$2.34B-10.9410,700High Trading Volume
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.5831 of 5 stars
$33.06
-0.9%
$40.00
+21.0%
+51.8%$2.15B$681.26M14.315,690Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MCW
Mister Car Wash
4.0482 of 5 stars
$5.89
-2.2%
$8.09
+37.4%
-11.6%$1.93B$1.03B26.776,350Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.57
-4.5%
N/A+80.9%$1.73B$8.61B-0.6725,000
AFYA
Afya
3.9391 of 5 stars
$15.07
+0.6%
$17.50
+16.1%
-8.8%$1.41B$612.78M11.429,717
EVGO
EVgo
2.2457 of 5 stars
$3.98
-1.5%
$6.24
+56.7%
-8.3%$1.22B$256.83M-9.71220Positive News
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
2.1679 of 5 stars
$14.62
-3.5%
N/A+37.4%$1.11B$658.73M9.261,401News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UDMY
Udemy
3.2234 of 5 stars
$7.03
-0.3%
$9.75
+38.7%
-16.9%$1.06B$786.57M-33.471,246Positive News
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
0.6018 of 5 stars
$3.80
+2.8%
N/A+25.3%$960.86M$623.84M-7.7414,381

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