CHGG vs. UDMY, ALNT, OSPN, CEVA, OUST, SES, VNET, SRI, YRD, and GRVY
Should you be buying Chegg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chegg include Udemy (UDMY), Allient (ALNT), OneSpan (OSPN), CEVA (CEVA), Ouster (OUST), SES AI (SES), VNET Group (VNET), Stoneridge (SRI), Yiren Digital (YRD), and Gravity (GRVY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) and Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Udemy currently has a consensus price target of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 39.84%. Chegg has a consensus price target of $7.31, indicating a potential upside of 66.95%. Given Udemy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chegg is more favorable than Udemy.
Udemy has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chegg has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Udemy had 3 more articles in the media than Chegg. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Udemy and 9 mentions for Chegg. Udemy's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Chegg's score of 0.29 indicating that Chegg is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chegg has a net margin of 2.07% compared to Chegg's net margin of -10.82%. Udemy's return on equity of 0.87% beat Chegg's return on equity.
79.5% of Udemy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Chegg shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Udemy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Chegg shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Chegg received 758 more outperform votes than Udemy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.72% of users gave Chegg an outperform vote while only 48.68% of users gave Udemy an outperform vote.
Chegg has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Udemy. Chegg is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Udemy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Chegg beats Udemy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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