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DUOL vs. XYZ, VEEV, DDOG, CRWV, TEAM, EA, ZS, SRAD, FIG, and BIDU

Should you be buying Duolingo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duolingo include Block (XYZ), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Datadog (DDOG), CoreWeave (CRWV), Atlassian (TEAM), Electronic Arts (EA), Zscaler (ZS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Figma (FIG), and Baidu (BIDU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Duolingo vs. Its Competitors

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and Block (NYSE:XYZ) are both large-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Block shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.7% of Duolingo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Block shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Duolingo currently has a consensus price target of $451.35, indicating a potential upside of 51.53%. Block has a consensus price target of $79.97, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Given Duolingo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Block.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Duolingo
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Block
3 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Block has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. Block is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Duolingo$885.15M15.42$88.57M$2.43122.58
Block$24.12B2.01$2.90B$4.6717.06

Duolingo has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Block's net margin of 12.32%. Duolingo's return on equity of 13.32% beat Block's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Duolingo13.24% 13.32% 8.57%
Block 12.32%7.85%4.49%

In the previous week, Duolingo had 20 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Duolingo and 17 mentions for Block. Duolingo's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Block's score of -0.69 indicating that Duolingo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Duolingo
12 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Block
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Duolingo has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.71, indicating that its share price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Duolingo beats Block on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DUOL vs. The Competition

MetricDuolingoTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.79B$2.73B$26.31B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.57%2.74%4.04%
P/E Ratio122.5823.5227.4626.61
Price / Sales15.4290.88754.14176.46
Price / Cash146.6944.9727.2159.65
Price / Book13.977.056.216.59
Net Income$88.57M$35.03M$197.71M$266.12M
7 Day Performance-10.25%2.27%1.54%0.17%
1 Month Performance-12.74%1.45%6.82%3.03%
1 Year Performance40.12%65.05%45.21%19.98%

Duolingo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DUOL
Duolingo
4.3023 of 5 stars
$297.86
-7.7%
$451.35
+51.5%
+43.5%$14.79B$885.15M122.58600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
XYZ
Block
2.9251 of 5 stars
$78.67
-0.5%
$79.97
+1.7%
N/A$47.96B$24.12B16.8511,372News Coverage
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.4762 of 5 stars
$287.89
+1.0%
$275.25
-4.4%
+23.9%$47.05B$2.75B61.007,291Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DDOG
Datadog
4.8304 of 5 stars
$128.37
0.0%
$153.10
+19.3%
+18.7%$44.82B$3.02B367.186,500Positive News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
CRWV
CoreWeave
0.6705 of 5 stars
$91.65
-0.8%
$107.05
+16.8%
N/A$44.78BN/A0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TEAM
Atlassian
4.9305 of 5 stars
$167.12
-0.9%
$256.90
+53.7%
+6.2%$43.80B$5.22B-168.6612,157Positive News
Insider Trade
EA
Electronic Arts
4.4493 of 5 stars
$171.55
-0.7%
$167.12
-2.6%
+14.4%$42.96B$7.46B43.0314,500Positive News
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
3.5263 of 5 stars
$270.11
+0.2%
$296.49
+9.8%
+40.5%$42.11B$2.17B-1,040.217,348Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.1959 of 5 stars
$31.76
+0.7%
$30.50
-4.0%
+166.0%$35.35B$1.20B88.244,582Positive News
FIG
Figma
1.7476 of 5 stars
$70.04
-0.5%
$74.29
+6.1%
N/A$34.14BN/A94.651,646Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
BIDU
Baidu
3.7461 of 5 stars
$92.71
+0.8%
$102.75
+10.8%
+13.7%$32.02B$132.85B8.5435,900

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