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$3.90 -0.08 (-1.88%)
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GOTU vs. DRVN, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, IRS, DAO, UDMY, and QSG

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

Gaotu Techedu vs. Its Competitors

Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gaotu Techedu had 4 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gaotu Techedu and 8 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Gaotu Techedu's score of 0.74 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gaotu Techedu
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Driven Brands
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Driven Brands has a consensus target price of $21.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.26%. Given Driven Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than Gaotu Techedu.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gaotu Techedu
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Driven Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Driven Brands has a net margin of -12.32% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -12.97%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 21.17% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gaotu Techedu-12.97% -37.66% -12.86%
Driven Brands -12.32%21.17%3.04%

Gaotu Techedu has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gaotu Techedu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gaotu Techedu$623.84M1.58-$143.71M-$0.38-10.28
Driven Brands$2.41B1.26-$292.50M-$1.70-10.84

48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Driven Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Driven Brands beats Gaotu Techedu on 10 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

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.
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GOTU vs. The Competition

MetricGaotu TecheduSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$988.71M$1.71B$8.48B$21.27B
Dividend YieldN/A4.40%3.01%3.49%
P/E Ratio-10.2812.3118.2729.33
Price / Sales1.581.895.3450.69
Price / CashN/A14.7715.0318.27
Price / Book3.723.034.964.58
Net Income-$143.71M$85.04M$227.67M$997.71M
7 Day Performance2.90%-1.84%0.92%0.77%
1 Month Performance10.94%8.92%19.00%6.95%
1 Year Performance22.80%39.82%45.51%11.66%

Gaotu Techedu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
0.7524 of 5 stars
$3.91
-1.9%
N/A+22.8%$988.71M$623.84M-10.2814,381Earnings Report
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.7409 of 5 stars
$18.60
+1.9%
$21.60
+16.1%
+28.5%$3.00B$2.34B-10.9410,700Positive News
High Trading Volume
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.1748 of 5 stars
$33.06
-0.9%
$40.00
+21.0%
+45.9%$2.17B$681.26M14.315,690Positive News
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.967 of 5 stars
$5.89
-2.2%
$8.09
+37.4%
-12.3%$1.93B$1.03B26.776,350News Coverage
Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.57
-4.5%
N/A+88.5%$1.73B$8.61B-0.6725,000
AFYA
Afya
3.8351 of 5 stars
$15.07
+0.6%
$17.50
+16.1%
-6.9%$1.40B$612.78M11.429,717
EVGO
EVgo
2.4977 of 5 stars
$3.98
-1.5%
$6.24
+56.7%
-14.6%$1.24B$256.83M-9.71220Positive News
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
2.0259 of 5 stars
$14.62
-3.5%
N/A+46.7%$1.15B$658.73M9.261,401Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
DAO
Youdao
1.2756 of 5 stars
$8.95
-1.5%
N/A+170.0%$1.08B$782.62M31.953,750
UDMY
Udemy
3.3768 of 5 stars
$7.03
-0.3%
$9.75
+38.7%
-19.0%$1.06B$786.57M-33.471,246News Coverage
QSG
QuantaSing Group
2.0605 of 5 stars
$8.01
-7.3%
$9.52
+18.9%
+366.1%$442.47M$522.26M7.222,010

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This page (NYSE:GOTU) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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