TaskUs (TASK) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LYFT or TASK?

TaskUs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lyft. Lyft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TaskUs, 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	$4.40B	1.28	-$340.32M	-$0.16	-84.63
TaskUs	$955.01M	1.54	$45.69M	$0.59	27.88

Which has more risk and volatility, LYFT or TASK?

Lyft has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LYFT or TASK?

Lyft currently has a consensus price target of $17.84, indicating a potential upside of 31.79%. TaskUs has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.34%. Given Lyft's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lyft is more favorable than TaskUs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lyft	0 Sell rating(s)	27 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32
TaskUs	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the media refer more to LYFT or TASK?

In the previous week, Lyft had 36 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Lyft and 5 mentions for TaskUs. TaskUs' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Lyft's score of -0.01 indicating that TaskUs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lyft	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TaskUs	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LYFT or TASK more profitable?

TaskUs has a net margin of 5.58% compared to Lyft's net margin of -1.19%. TaskUs' return on equity of 17.73% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lyft	-1.19%	-1.58%	-0.18%
TaskUs	5.58%	17.73%	9.17%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LYFT or TASK?

Lyft received 273 more outperform votes than TaskUs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.00% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote while only 41.49% of users gave TaskUs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lyft	Outperform Votes 312 52.00%	Underperform Votes 288 48.00%
TaskUs	Outperform Votes 39 41.49%	Underperform Votes 55 58.51%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of TaskUs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TaskUs beats Lyft on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.