Duolingo (DUOL) Competitors

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Is DUOL or NTES more profitable?

NetEase has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Duolingo's net margin of 12.59%. NetEase's return on equity of 22.12% beat Duolingo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%

Which has more volatility & risk, DUOL or NTES?

Duolingo has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, NetEase has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DUOL or NTES?

91.6% of Duolingo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of NetEase shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Duolingo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.7% of NetEase shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DUOL or NTES?

NetEase received 605 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.13% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 78 54.55%	Underperform Votes 65 45.45%
NetEase	Outperform Votes 683 69.13%	Underperform Votes 305 30.87%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DUOL or NTES?

NetEase has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. NetEase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, 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
Duolingo	$811.21M	26.61	$16.07M	$2.03	233.94
NetEase	$107.27B	0.77	$4.14B	$6.95	18.86

Do analysts prefer DUOL or NTES?

Duolingo presently has a consensus price target of $441.29, suggesting a potential downside of 7.08%. NetEase has a consensus price target of $119.38, suggesting a potential downside of 8.93%. Given Duolingo's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Duolingo is more favorable than NetEase.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
NetEase	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the media prefer DUOL or NTES?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 14 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Duolingo and 8 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Duolingo's score of 0.72 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Duolingo	8 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NetEase	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NetEase beats Duolingo on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.