STGW vs. GOTU, PAYO, BFH, GEO, GCT, DSGR, ZKH, HNI, CRTO, and LSPD
Should you be buying Stagwell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stagwell include Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Bread Financial (BFH), The GEO Group (GEO), GigaCloud Technology (GCT), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), ZKH Group (ZKH), HNI (HNI), Criteo (CRTO), and Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD).
Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Stagwell received 26 more outperform votes than Gaotu Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.38% of users gave Stagwell an outperform vote while only 21.43% of users gave Gaotu Techedu an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Stagwell had 1 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Stagwell and 5 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Stagwell's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Gaotu Techedu's score of 0.39 indicating that Gaotu Techedu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of Stagwell shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Stagwell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Stagwell has higher revenue and earnings than Gaotu Techedu. Gaotu Techedu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stagwell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gaotu Techedu presently has a consensus target price of $6.58, indicating a potential downside of 21.26%. Stagwell has a consensus target price of $8.06, indicating a potential upside of 16.24%. Given Gaotu Techedu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Stagwell is more favorable than Gaotu Techedu.
Gaotu Techedu has a net margin of -0.10% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -0.16%. Gaotu Techedu's return on equity of 7.31% beat Stagwell's return on equity.
Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stagwell has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Stagwell beats Gaotu Techedu on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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