TaskUs (TASK) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LYFT or TASK?

83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of TaskUs shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of TaskUs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LYFT or TASK?

TaskUs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lyft. TaskUs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
Lyft	$5.79B	0.88	$22.78M	$0.06	203.92
TaskUs	$994.99M	1.23	$45.69M	$0.51	26.60

Do analysts rate LYFT or TASK?

Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $16.45, indicating a potential upside of 34.48%. TaskUs has a consensus target price of $17.86, indicating a potential upside of 31.64%. Given Lyft's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lyft is more favorable than TaskUs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	1 Sell rating(s)	27 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.28
TaskUs	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has more risk and volatility, LYFT or TASK?

Lyft has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LYFT or TASK?

In the previous week, Lyft had 35 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Lyft and 7 mentions for TaskUs. TaskUs' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Lyft's score of 0.46 indicating that TaskUs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	13 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TaskUs	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LYFT or TASK?

Lyft received 281 more outperform votes than TaskUs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.87% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote while only 41.05% of users gave TaskUs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lyft	Outperform Votes 320 50.87%	Underperform Votes 309 49.13%
TaskUs	Outperform Votes 39 41.05%	Underperform Votes 56 58.95%

Is LYFT or TASK more profitable?

TaskUs has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Lyft's net margin of 0.39%. TaskUs' return on equity of 17.73% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%
TaskUs	5.58%	17.73%	9.17%

Summary

TaskUs beats Lyft on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.