DAO vs. VSTA, NCMI, WDH, GGR, CTLP, GCI, ADTN, ICG, GDOT, and TRMR
Should you be buying Youdao stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Youdao include Vasta Platform (VSTA), National CineMedia (NCMI), Waterdrop (WDH), Gogoro (GGR), Cantaloupe (CTLP), Gannett (GCI), ADTRAN (ADTN), Intchains Group (ICG), Green Dot (GDOT), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Youdao (NYSE:DAO) and Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Youdao has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vasta Platform had 2 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vasta Platform and 3 mentions for Youdao. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Youdao's score of 0.00 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.9% of Youdao shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vasta Platform has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -3.79% compared to Youdao's net margin of -10.22%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 1.08% beat Youdao's return on equity.
Youdao presently has a consensus price target of $4.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Vasta Platform has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 63.04%. Given Vasta Platform's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Youdao.
Youdao received 35 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.97% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.
Summary
Vasta Platform beats Youdao on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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