nCino (NCNO) Competitors

nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) and Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is NCNO or DUOL more profitable?

Duolingo has a net margin of 12.59% compared to nCino's net margin of -3.46%. Duolingo's return on equity of 11.74% beat nCino's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nCino	-3.46%	1.62%	1.22%
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%

Do analysts rate NCNO or DUOL?

nCino presently has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.50%. Duolingo has a consensus target price of $353.90, indicating a potential upside of 3.97%. Given nCino's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe nCino is more favorable than Duolingo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nCino	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NCNO or DUOL?

94.8% of nCino shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.4% of nCino shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NCNO or DUOL?

Duolingo has higher revenue and earnings than nCino. nCino is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, 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
nCino	$522.98M	7.81	-$42.35M	-$0.17	-207.47
Duolingo	$689.46M	21.72	$16.07M	$1.83	186.01

Does the media favor NCNO or DUOL?

In the previous week, nCino and nCino both had 16 articles in the media. nCino's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Duolingo's score of 0.71 indicating that nCino is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
nCino	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Duolingo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NCNO or DUOL?

nCino received 26 more outperform votes than Duolingo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.30% of users gave nCino an outperform vote while only 49.56% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
nCino	Outperform Votes 82 54.30%	Underperform Votes 69 45.70%
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 56 49.56%	Underperform Votes 57 50.44%

Which has more volatility and risk, NCNO or DUOL?

nCino has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Duolingo beats nCino on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.