STG vs. EM, SDA, COE, CHGG, HCMA, IH, YSXT, NAMI, KIDZ, and BEDU
Should you be buying Sunlands Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunlands Technology Group include Smart Share Global (EM), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), Chegg (CHGG), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), iHuman (IH), YSX Tech (YSXT), NAMI (NAMI), Classover (KIDZ), and Bright Scholar Education (BEDU). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Sunlands Technology Group vs. Its Competitors
Sunlands Technology Group (NYSE:STG) and Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Sunlands Technology Group has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Smart Share Global's net margin of 3.10%. Sunlands Technology Group's return on equity of 53.39% beat Smart Share Global's return on equity.
Sunlands Technology Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smart Share Global. Sunlands Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Share Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunlands Technology Group has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Share Global has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Smart Share Global has a consensus price target of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. Given Smart Share Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smart Share Global is more favorable than Sunlands Technology Group.
In the previous week, Sunlands Technology Group had 5 more articles in the media than Smart Share Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sunlands Technology Group and 0 mentions for Smart Share Global. Smart Share Global's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Sunlands Technology Group's score of 1.22 indicating that Smart Share Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
26.4% of Sunlands Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.7% of Sunlands Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sunlands Technology Group beats Smart Share Global on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:STG) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
