Youdao (DAO) Competitors $8.88 +0.21 (+2.36%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DAO vs. GHC, LAUR, DRVN, HTZ, MCW, AFYA, PRDO, IRS, UDMY, and EVGOShould you be buying Youdao stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Youdao include Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Udemy (UDMY), and EVgo (EVGO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry. Youdao vs. Graham Laureate Education Driven Brands Hertz Global Mister Car Wash Afya Perdoceo Education IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima Udemy EVgo Youdao (NYSE:DAO) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk. Is DAO or GHC more profitable? Graham has a net margin of 4.86% compared to Youdao's net margin of 1.50%. Graham's return on equity of 5.79% beat Youdao's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Youdao1.50% -3.75% 5.07% Graham 4.86%5.79%3.21% Does the media prefer DAO or GHC? In the previous week, Graham had 11 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Graham and 3 mentions for Youdao. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Youdao's score of 0.58 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Youdao 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Graham 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate DAO or GHC? 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) 2.00Graham 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DAO or GHC? Graham has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao. Graham 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 RatioYoudao$5.63B0.19-$77.46M$0.1088.75Graham$4.79B0.86$205.29M$142.636.64 Does the MarketBeat Community favor DAO or GHC? Graham received 95 more outperform votes than Youdao when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformYoudaoOutperform Votes4658.23% Underperform Votes3341.77% GrahamOutperform Votes14162.67% Underperform Votes8437.33% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DAO or GHC? 21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, DAO or GHC? Youdao has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryGraham beats Youdao on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Youdao News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DAO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DAO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricYoudaoEducational services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.09B$1.00B$22.30B$19.21BDividend YieldN/A7.32%2.59%4.00%P/E Ratio89.9011.1931.1433.43Price / Sales0.191.56171.3929.29Price / CashN/A27.8931.5117.52Price / Book-3.522.585.614.55Net Income-$77.46M$22.13M$194.12M$1.02B7 Day Performance4.83%5.12%2.47%2.15%1 Month Performance10.94%2.94%15.78%-2.07%1 Year Performance149.30%3.33%29.84%5.47% Youdao Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DAOYoudao0.8572 of 5 stars$8.88+2.4%N/A+145.8%$1.09B$5.63B89.906,100GHCGraham2.4032 of 5 stars$924.29+1.0%N/A+28.3%$4.01B$4.79B18.1019,500Earnings ReportUpcoming EarningsPositive NewsLAURLaureate Education4.2287 of 5 stars$19.74flat$20.00+1.3%+41.5%$2.98B$1.57B10.1835,000News CoveragePositive NewsDRVNDriven Brands4.0309 of 5 stars$16.44+0.6%$20.50+24.7%+14.2%$2.70B$2.34B411.009,900Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsHTZHertz GlobalN/A$8.51+2.5%N/A+53.2%$2.62B$9.05B-0.9125,000Analyst UpgradeMCWMister Car Wash1.995 of 5 stars$7.15+0.7%$8.50+18.9%+12.0%$2.32B$994.73M32.506,350Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageAFYAAfya2.2469 of 5 stars$18.71+0.7%$17.60-5.9%+12.2%$1.75B$3.30B15.098,080Upcoming EarningsPRDOPerdoceo Education3.5522 of 5 stars$24.97+0.2%$35.00+40.2%+37.2%$1.64B$681.26M11.354,500Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpIRSIRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima1.5887 of 5 stars$13.95-3.2%$13.00-6.8%+45.4%$1.06B$319.75B-3.261,401Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsUDMYUdemy3.4919 of 5 stars$6.95-0.1%$10.29+48.1%-36.2%$1.03B$786.57M-12.191,680Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageEVGOEVgo3.4549 of 5 stars$2.82+3.3%$5.78+104.9%+47.9%$863.83M$256.83M-6.71220Positive NewsGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Graham Competitors Laureate Education Competitors Driven Brands Competitors Hertz Global Competitors Mister Car Wash Competitors Afya Competitors Perdoceo Education Competitors IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima Competitors Udemy Competitors EVgo Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:DAO) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE officially begins retirement transformationElon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") just announced the first-ever "fully digital retireme...Altimetry | SponsoredElon just did WHAT!?As you may recall, Biden and the Fed were working on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. 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