CTLP vs. DAO, ICG, CDLX, RXT, ADTN, XPER, GCI, NCMI, WDH, and DADA
Should you be buying Cantaloupe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cantaloupe include Youdao (DAO), Intchains Group (ICG), Cardlytics (CDLX), Rackspace Technology (RXT), ADTRAN (ADTN), Xperi (XPER), Gannett (GCI), National CineMedia (NCMI), Waterdrop (WDH), and Dada Nexus (DADA). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Youdao (NYSE:DAO) and Cantaloupe (NASDAQ:CTLP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Youdao has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cantaloupe has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cantaloupe had 9 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cantaloupe and 3 mentions for Youdao. Youdao's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Cantaloupe's score of 0.00 indicating that Cantaloupe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cantaloupe has a net margin of 4.85% compared to Cantaloupe's net margin of -10.22%. Youdao's return on equity of 7.36% beat Cantaloupe's return on equity.
Cantaloupe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao. Youdao is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cantaloupe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Youdao presently has a consensus price target of $4.60, suggesting a potential upside of 23.99%. Cantaloupe has a consensus price target of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 49.73%. Given Youdao's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cantaloupe is more favorable than Youdao.
21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Cantaloupe shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Cantaloupe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cantaloupe received 243 more outperform votes than Youdao when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.10% of users gave Cantaloupe an outperform vote while only 58.97% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote.
Summary
Cantaloupe beats Youdao on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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