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SKIL vs. ECX, SMWB, RDVT, OSPN, SLP, BMBL, PUBM, RCAT, KIND, and DADA

Should you be buying Skillsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillsoft include ECARX (ECX), Similarweb (SMWB), Red Violet (RDVT), OneSpan (OSPN), Simulations Plus (SLP), Bumble (BMBL), PubMatic (PUBM), Red Cat (RCAT), Nextdoor (KIND), and Dada Nexus (DADA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Skillsoft vs.

Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) and ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, ECARX had 2 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ECARX and 0 mentions for Skillsoft. ECARX's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Skillsoft's score of -0.06 indicating that ECARX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Skillsoft Neutral
ECARX Neutral

Skillsoft has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECARX has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ECARX has a net margin of -22.01% compared to Skillsoft's net margin of -62.85%. ECARX's return on equity of 0.00% beat Skillsoft's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Skillsoft-62.85% -53.74% -7.53%
ECARX -22.01%N/A -30.30%

Skillsoft received 12 more outperform votes than ECARX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ECARX an outperform vote while only 34.15% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SkillsoftOutperform Votes
14
34.15%
Underperform Votes
27
65.85%
ECARXOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

ECARX has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential upside of 101.26%. Given ECARX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ECARX is more favorable than Skillsoft.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Skillsoft
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
ECARX
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

87.0% of Skillsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Skillsoft shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of ECARX shares are owned by company 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.

ECARX has higher revenue and earnings than Skillsoft. ECARX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skillsoft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Skillsoft$530.99M0.31-$349.29M-$14.87-1.34
ECARX$5.85B0.10-$132.42M-$0.35-4.54

Summary

ECARX beats Skillsoft on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SKIL vs. The Competition

MetricSkillsoftPrepackaged software IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$165.31M$26.39B$24.27B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A1.74%2.48%3.84%
P/E Ratio-0.48118.7833.0934.53
Price / Sales0.3122.36283.6434.83
Price / Cash0.8986.0630.9317.51
Price / Book0.789.275.414.69
Net Income-$349.29M$436.62M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-14.99%0.03%-0.21%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-3.77%22.57%16.44%7.50%
1 Year Performance120.98%19.24%18.15%4.15%

Skillsoft Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKIL
Skillsoft
1.65 of 5 stars
$19.87
-2.8%
N/A+156.0%$165.31M$530.99M-0.482,940Analyst Downgrade
ECX
ECARX
1.5978 of 5 stars
$1.80
+12.5%
$3.20
+77.8%
+27.0%$667.31M$5.85B-3.602,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SMWB
Similarweb
3.3121 of 5 stars
$7.98
+4.3%
$15.75
+97.4%
-10.6%$659.30M$249.91M-57.00930News Coverage
RDVT
Red Violet
0.9808 of 5 stars
$46.08
+0.8%
N/A+147.2%$637.93M$75.19M128.00140Positive News
High Trading Volume
OSPN
OneSpan
4.5868 of 5 stars
$16.44
+4.2%
$19.50
+18.6%
+25.6%$628.50M$241.70M22.22790Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
SLP
Simulations Plus
3.689 of 5 stars
$30.82
+2.7%
$50.00
+62.2%
-35.8%$619.82M$78.56M77.05160Positive News
Gap Up
BMBL
Bumble
1.7911 of 5 stars
$5.82
+2.5%
$6.75
+16.0%
-52.7%$614.28M$1.05B-1.19950Gap Up
PUBM
PubMatic
2.6101 of 5 stars
$11.52
+3.9%
$19.11
+65.9%
-50.6%$559.03M$288.38M37.16880News Coverage
High Trading Volume
RCAT
Red Cat
2.4186 of 5 stars
$6.15
+3.7%
$8.50
+38.2%
+482.6%$556.67M$16.47M-11.3970News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
KIND
Nextdoor
2.7647 of 5 stars
$1.40
+2.6%
$2.75
+97.1%
-42.8%$538.89M$247.28M-4.36700Gap Up
DADA
Dada Nexus
1.3369 of 5 stars
$1.99
-1.0%
$2.95
+48.2%
+11.8%$513.91M$9.66B-1.793,130High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:SKIL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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