TWOU vs. NTWK, MRDB, SMSI, CLPS, DTSS, AWRE, MTBLY, SEAC, BLIN, and IVDA
Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include NetSol Technologies (NTWK), MariaDB (MRDB), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Datasea (DTSS), Aware (AWRE), Moatable (MTBLY), SeaChange International (SEAC), Bridgeline Digital (BLIN), and Iveda Solutions (IVDA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) and NetSol Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
NetSol Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 2U. NetSol Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 2U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2U received 378 more outperform votes than NetSol Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.68% of users gave 2U an outperform vote while only 66.48% of users gave NetSol Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, 2U had 4 more articles in the media than NetSol Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for 2U and 4 mentions for NetSol Technologies. NetSol Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat 2U's score of 0.12 indicating that NetSol Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NetSol Technologies has a net margin of -3.68% compared to 2U's net margin of -35.13%. NetSol Technologies' return on equity of -5.47% beat 2U's return on equity.
80.5% of 2U shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of NetSol Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of 2U shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of NetSol Technologies shares are owned 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.
2U has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetSol Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
2U presently has a consensus price target of $4.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1,160.19%. Given 2U's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe 2U is more favorable than NetSol Technologies.
Summary
2U beats NetSol Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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