DAO vs. VSTA, GOTU, ICG, RDUS, ACTG, WDH, DADA, BWMN, FC, and CTLP
Should you be buying Youdao stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Youdao include Vasta Platform (VSTA), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), Intchains Group (ICG), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Acacia Research (ACTG), Waterdrop (WDH), Dada Nexus (DADA), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Franklin Covey (FC), and Cantaloupe (CTLP). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Youdao shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Youdao shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Youdao has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vasta Platform has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -5.64% compared to Vasta Platform's net margin of -10.22%. Youdao's return on equity of 0.51% beat Vasta Platform's return on equity.
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.
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. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Youdao's score of 0.00 indicating that Youdao is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vasta Platform presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.89%. Youdao has a consensus price target of $4.60, suggesting a potential upside of 28.85%. Given Youdao's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Youdao.
Summary
Vasta Platform beats Youdao on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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