STG vs. NRDY, EM, SDA, COE, HCMA, CHGG, IH, YSXT, NAMI, and KIDZ
Should you be buying Sunlands Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunlands Technology Group include Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), Chegg (CHGG), iHuman (IH), YSX Tech (YSXT), NAMI (NAMI), and Classover (KIDZ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Sunlands Technology Group vs. Its Competitors
Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) and Sunlands Technology Group (NYSE:STG) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Sunlands Technology Group has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -24.79%. Sunlands Technology Group's return on equity of 53.39% beat Nerdy's return on equity.
Nerdy has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunlands Technology Group has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sunlands Technology Group had 5 more articles in the media than Nerdy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sunlands Technology Group and 0 mentions for Nerdy. Sunlands Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Nerdy's score of 0.00 indicating that Sunlands Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
39.1% of Nerdy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of Sunlands Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.9% of Nerdy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.7% of Sunlands Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sunlands Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nerdy. Nerdy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunlands Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nerdy currently has a consensus target price of $2.31, indicating a potential upside of 39.73%. Given Nerdy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Sunlands Technology Group.
Summary
Sunlands Technology Group beats Nerdy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:STG) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff