GCI vs. DADA, ICG, DAO, FC, CTLP, MKTW, CCRN, CDLX, RXT, and ADTN
Should you be buying Gannett stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gannett include Dada Nexus (DADA), Intchains Group (ICG), Youdao (DAO), Franklin Covey (FC), Cantaloupe (CTLP), MarketWise (MKTW), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Cardlytics (CDLX), Rackspace Technology (RXT), and ADTRAN (ADTN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Dada Nexus (NASDAQ:DADA) and Gannett (NYSE:GCI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Gannett has a net margin of -4.67% compared to Gannett's net margin of -22.77%. Gannett's return on equity of -14.03% beat Dada Nexus' return on equity.
In the previous week, Dada Nexus had 13 more articles in the media than Gannett. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Dada Nexus and 4 mentions for Gannett. Dada Nexus' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Gannett's score of -0.26 indicating that Gannett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gannett received 218 more outperform votes than Dada Nexus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.58% of users gave Gannett an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Dada Nexus an outperform vote.
Dada Nexus has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gannett has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dada Nexus presently has a consensus price target of $3.83, indicating a potential upside of 98.45%. Gannett has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.41%. Given Gannett's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dada Nexus is more favorable than Gannett.
59.3% of Dada Nexus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Gannett shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Dada Nexus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Gannett shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gannett has higher revenue and earnings than Dada Nexus. Gannett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dada Nexus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gannett beats Dada Nexus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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