APG vs. DUOL, AFRM, PCOR, CART, ESTC, STN, WPP, PATH, CLH, and IPG
Should you be buying APi Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APi Group include Duolingo (DUOL), Affirm (AFRM), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Maplebear (CART), Elastic (ESTC), Stantec (STN), WPP (WPP), UiPath (PATH), Clean Harbors (CLH), and Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
APi Group (NYSE:APG) and Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
86.6% of APi Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of APi Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Duolingo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
APi Group received 1 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.57% of users gave APi Group an outperform vote while only 41.25% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Duolingo had 52 more articles in the media than APi Group. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Duolingo and 8 mentions for APi Group. APi Group's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Duolingo's score of 0.67 indicating that APi Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
APi Group has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. APi Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
APi Group currently has a consensus price target of $44.29, indicating a potential upside of 19.08%. Duolingo has a consensus price target of $244.63, indicating a potential upside of 37.97%. Given Duolingo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than APi Group.
APi Group has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Duolingo has a net margin of 7.82% compared to APi Group's net margin of 2.49%. APi Group's return on equity of 37.83% beat Duolingo's return on equity.
Summary
APi Group beats Duolingo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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