CHGG vs. UDMY, KE, NNDM, SCWX, EB, LASR, LILM, ALNT, PL, and SES
Should you be buying Chegg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chegg include Udemy (UDMY), Kimball Electronics (KE), Nano Dimension (NNDM), SecureWorks (SCWX), Eventbrite (EB), nLIGHT (LASR), Lilium (LILM), Allient (ALNT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), and SES AI (SES). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.
Chegg has a net margin of 2.07% compared to Udemy's net margin of -10.82%. Chegg's return on equity of 0.87% beat Udemy'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.
Chegg has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Udemy has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chegg currently has a consensus target price of $7.31, indicating a potential upside of 41.99%. Udemy has a consensus target price of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 36.41%. Given Chegg's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chegg is more favorable than Udemy.
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.
In the previous week, Chegg had 4 more articles in the media than Udemy. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Chegg and 30 mentions for Udemy. Udemy's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Chegg's score of -0.08 indicating that Udemy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Chegg beats Udemy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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