TWOU vs. AISP, SKIL, FAAS, AUID, WIMI, UPLD, MAQC, IDN, WFCF, and ARQQ
Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include Airship AI (AISP), Skillsoft (SKIL), DigiAsia (FAAS), authID (AUID), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), Upland Software (UPLD), Maquia Capital Acquisition (MAQC), Intellicheck (IDN), Where Food Comes From (WFCF), and Arqit Quantum (ARQQ). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) and Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Airship AI had 2 more articles in the media than 2U. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Airship AI and 1 mentions for 2U. Airship AI's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat 2U's score of -0.51 indicating that Airship AI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
2U presently has a consensus price target of $4.10, indicating a potential upside of 1,322.13%. Airship AI has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 245.82%. Given 2U's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe 2U is more favorable than Airship AI.
Airship AI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 2U.
80.5% of 2U shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Airship AI shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of 2U shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Airship AI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Airship AI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to 2U's net margin of -35.13%. 2U's return on equity of -10.90% beat Airship AI's return on equity.
2U has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airship AI has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2U received 618 more outperform votes than Airship AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Airship AI an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave 2U an outperform vote.
Summary
Airship AI beats 2U on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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