Paycor HCM (PYCR) Competitors

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, DUOL or PYCR?

Duolingo has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DUOL or PYCR?

Duolingo received 11 more outperform votes than Paycor HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.12% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote while only 34.62% of users gave Paycor HCM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 56 49.12%	Underperform Votes 58 50.88%
Paycor HCM	Outperform Votes 45 34.62%	Underperform Votes 85 65.38%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DUOL or PYCR?

91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Paycor HCM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DUOL or PYCR?

Duolingo currently has a consensus price target of $355.36, suggesting a potential upside of 8.14%. Paycor HCM has a consensus price target of $21.81, suggesting a potential downside of 1.83%. Given Duolingo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Paycor HCM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Paycor HCM	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Is DUOL or PYCR more profitable?

Duolingo has a net margin of 12.59% compared to Paycor HCM's net margin of -6.72%. Duolingo's return on equity of 11.74% beat Paycor HCM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%
Paycor HCM	-6.72%	3.41%	1.63%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DUOL or PYCR?

Duolingo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paycor HCM. Paycor HCM 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
Duolingo	$531.11M	27.22	$16.07M	$1.83	179.56
Paycor HCM	$654.95M	6.10	-$58.94M	-$0.26	-85.46

Does the media prefer DUOL or PYCR?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 7 more articles in the media than Paycor HCM. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Duolingo and 11 mentions for Paycor HCM. Duolingo's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Paycor HCM's score of 0.04 indicating that Duolingo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Duolingo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paycor HCM	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Duolingo beats Paycor HCM on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.