Dada Nexus (DADA) Competitors

N-able (NYSE:NABL) and Dada Nexus (NASDAQ:DADA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NABL or DADA?

N-able has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dada Nexus. Dada Nexus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N-able, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
N-able	$421.88M	4.33	$23.41M	$0.20	49.23
Dada Nexus	$1.49B	0.32	-$275.71M	-$1.11	-1.65

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NABL or DADA?

96.4% of N-able shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Dada Nexus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of N-able shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Dada Nexus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend NABL or DADA?

N-able presently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 34.59%. Dada Nexus has a consensus target price of $2.70, indicating a potential upside of 47.14%. Given Dada Nexus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dada Nexus is more favorable than N-able.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N-able	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Dada Nexus	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media refer more to NABL or DADA?

In the previous week, Dada Nexus had 9 more articles in the media than N-able. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Dada Nexus and 3 mentions for N-able. N-able's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Dada Nexus' score of 0.15 indicating that N-able is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
N-able	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dada Nexus	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is NABL or DADA more profitable?

N-able has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Dada Nexus' net margin of -20.95%. N-able's return on equity of 6.31% beat Dada Nexus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
N-able	8.08%	6.31%	3.90%
Dada Nexus	-20.95%	-12.70%	-9.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NABL or DADA?

Dada Nexus received 9 more outperform votes than N-able when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave N-able an outperform vote while only 49.28% of users gave Dada Nexus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
N-able	Outperform Votes 25 64.10%	Underperform Votes 14 35.90%
Dada Nexus	Outperform Votes 34 49.28%	Underperform Votes 35 50.72%

Which has more volatility and risk, NABL or DADA?

N-able has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dada Nexus has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

N-able beats Dada Nexus on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.