UDMY vs. CHGG, PRO, CTS, ZUO, KN, SOUN, PAR, SPT, ACMR, and DBD
Should you be buying Udemy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Udemy include Chegg (CHGG), PROS (PRO), CTS (CTS), Zuora (ZUO), Knowles (KN), SoundHound AI (SOUN), PAR Technology (PAR), Sprout Social (SPT), ACM Research (ACMR), and Diebold Nixdorf (DBD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) and Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Chegg has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
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.
95.2% of Chegg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Udemy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Chegg shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Udemy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 0.62 beat Chegg's score of 0.36 indicating that Chegg is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chegg presently has a consensus target price of $7.31, indicating a potential upside of 66.95%. Udemy has a consensus target price of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 39.84%. Given Udemy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Chegg is more favorable than Udemy.
Chegg has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Udemy has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chegg beats Udemy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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