SOHU vs. APLD, GDRX, PINC, STGW, PLTK, PHR, LZ, ASTH, VVX, and GB
Should you be buying Sohu.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sohu.com include Applied Digital (APLD), GoodRx (GDRX), Premier (PINC), Stagwell (STGW), Playtika (PLTK), Phreesia (PHR), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Astrana Health (ASTH), V2X (VVX), and Global Blue Group (GB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Sohu.com vs.
Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD) and Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Applied Digital has a beta of 4.69, suggesting that its stock price is 369% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sohu.com has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.7% of Applied Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Sohu.com shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Applied Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of Sohu.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sohu.com has a net margin of -16.76% compared to Applied Digital's net margin of -127.86%. Sohu.com's return on equity of -8.49% beat Applied Digital's return on equity.
Sohu.com received 174 more outperform votes than Applied Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Applied Digital an outperform vote while only 46.81% of users gave Sohu.com an outperform vote.
Sohu.com has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Digital. Sohu.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Applied Digital had 9 more articles in the media than Sohu.com. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Applied Digital and 4 mentions for Sohu.com. Applied Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Sohu.com's score of 0.21 indicating that Applied Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Applied Digital presently has a consensus target price of $12.11, suggesting a potential upside of 96.93%. Given Applied Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Applied Digital is more favorable than Sohu.com.
Summary
Applied Digital beats Sohu.com on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SOHU) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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