Duolingo (DUOL) Competitors

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

Is NTES or DUOL 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
NetEase	28.17%	22.12%	15.73%
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%

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

11.1% of NetEase shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.7% of NetEase shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Duolingo 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, NTES or DUOL?

NetEase has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTES or DUOL?

NetEase received 607 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.13% of users gave NetEase an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetEase	Outperform Votes 683 69.13%	Underperform Votes 305 30.87%
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 76 53.90%	Underperform Votes 65 46.10%

Do analysts prefer NTES or DUOL?

NetEase currently has a consensus price target of $119.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.62%. Duolingo has a consensus price target of $426.29, indicating a potential downside of 18.71%. Given NetEase's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NetEase is more favorable than Duolingo.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NTES or DUOL?

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
NetEase	$107.27B	0.73	$4.14B	$6.95	17.82
Duolingo	$811.21M	29.38	$16.07M	$2.03	258.33

Does the media favor NTES or DUOL?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 1 more articles in the media than NetEase. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Duolingo and 19 mentions for NetEase. NetEase's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Duolingo's score of 0.83 indicating that NetEase is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NetEase	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Duolingo	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NetEase beats Duolingo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.