NRDY vs. UTI, DAO, CHGG, LINC, APEI, VTRU, VSTA, VEDU, QSG, and STG
Should you be buying Nerdy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nerdy include Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Youdao (DAO), Chegg (CHGG), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Vitru (VTRU), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group (VEDU), QuantaSing Group (QSG), and Sunlands Technology Group (STG). These companies are all part of the "educational services" industry.
Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) and Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Universal Technical Institute had 17 more articles in the media than Nerdy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Universal Technical Institute and 4 mentions for Nerdy. Nerdy's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of 0.19 indicating that Nerdy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.1% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by institutional investors. 31.4% of Nerdy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Technical Institute has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -14.49%. Universal Technical Institute's return on equity of 10.55% beat Nerdy's return on equity.
Nerdy currently has a consensus price target of $4.82, suggesting a potential upside of 181.95%. Universal Technical Institute has a consensus price target of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Nerdy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Universal Technical Institute.
Universal Technical Institute received 219 more outperform votes than Nerdy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.49% of users gave Nerdy an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
Nerdy has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Technical Institute has higher revenue and earnings than Nerdy. Nerdy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Technical Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Universal Technical Institute beats Nerdy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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