Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPB) Competitors

So-Young International (NASDAQ:SY) and Liberty TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:LTRPB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SY or LTRPB?

So-Young International has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty TripAdvisor has a beta of 6.71, indicating that its stock price is 571% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SY or LTRPB?

So-Young International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty TripAdvisor. Liberty TripAdvisor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than So-Young International, 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
So-Young International	$1.49B	0.07	$3M	$0.05	17.52
Liberty TripAdvisor	$1.84B	0.01	-$285M	-$2.32	-0.13

Is SY or LTRPB more profitable?

So-Young International has a net margin of 2.41% compared to Liberty TripAdvisor's net margin of -9.70%. Liberty TripAdvisor's return on equity of 40.25% beat So-Young International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
So-Young International	2.41%	1.41%	1.11%
Liberty TripAdvisor	-9.70%	40.25%	12.88%

Do analysts rate SY or LTRPB?

So-Young International presently has a consensus target price of $0.80, indicating a potential downside of 8.68%. Given So-Young International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe So-Young International is more favorable than Liberty TripAdvisor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
So-Young International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Liberty TripAdvisor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SY or LTRPB?

So-Young International received 55 more outperform votes than Liberty TripAdvisor when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
So-Young International	Outperform Votes 55 63.95%	Underperform Votes 31 36.05%
Liberty TripAdvisor	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor SY or LTRPB?

In the previous week, So-Young International had 5 more articles in the media than Liberty TripAdvisor. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for So-Young International and 0 mentions for Liberty TripAdvisor. Liberty TripAdvisor's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat So-Young International's score of 0.29 indicating that Liberty TripAdvisor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
So-Young International	Neutral
Liberty TripAdvisor	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SY or LTRPB?

35.3% of So-Young International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.7% of So-Young International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Liberty TripAdvisor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

So-Young International beats Liberty TripAdvisor on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.