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$16.36 +0.27 (+1.68%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

TASK vs. LYFT, NVEI, TNET, CARG, DXC, ALIT, CLVT, PAYO, RNG, and DLO

Should you be buying TaskUs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TaskUs include Lyft (LYFT), Nuvei (NVEI), TriNet Group (TNET), CarGurus (CARG), DXC Technology (DXC), Alight (ALIT), Clarivate (CLVT), Payoneer Global (PAYO), RingCentral (RNG), and DLocal (DLO). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

TaskUs vs.

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

TaskUs currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Lyft has a consensus target price of $17.77, indicating a potential upside of 30.98%. Given Lyft's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lyft is more favorable than TaskUs.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TaskUs
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Lyft
0 Sell rating(s)
28 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

In the previous week, Lyft had 4 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lyft and 14 mentions for TaskUs. TaskUs' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Lyft's score of -0.17 indicating that TaskUs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

44.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of TaskUs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Lyft received 271 more outperform votes than TaskUs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.01% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote while only 41.49% of users gave TaskUs an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TaskUsOutperform Votes
39
41.49%
Underperform Votes
55
58.51%
LyftOutperform Votes
310
52.01%
Underperform Votes
286
47.99%

TaskUs has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TaskUs$955.01M1.53$45.69M$0.5927.73
Lyft$5.46B1.03-$340.32M-$0.16-84.81

TaskUs has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
TaskUs5.58% 17.73% 9.17%
Lyft -1.19%-1.58%-0.18%

Summary

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

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TASK vs. The Competition

MetricTaskUsData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.46B$4.34B$25.85B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%2.78%4.22%
P/E Ratio27.7332.97238.1217.18
Price / Sales1.531,743.093,331.66116.98
Price / Cash11.9233.4735.7837.86
Price / Book3.296.128.094.78
Net Income$45.69M$44.01M$681.16M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-11.38%-3.91%0.44%-1.23%
1 Month Performance10.99%5.05%7.01%3.36%
1 Year Performance33.12%15.86%23.07%16.60%

TaskUs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TASK
TaskUs
1.5291 of 5 stars
$16.36
+1.7%
$17.00
+3.9%
+36.2%$1.46B$955.01M27.7348,200Insider Trade
LYFT
Lyft
4.6851 of 5 stars
$14.26
+0.8%
$17.77
+24.6%
-9.9%$5.92B$5.46B-88.382,945
NVEI
Nuvei
1.5819 of 5 stars
$33.99
+0.0%
$32.08
-5.6%
+33.1%$4.82B$1.19B226.602,202Positive News
High Trading Volume
TNET
TriNet Group
4.4715 of 5 stars
$94.69
-0.8%
$117.00
+23.6%
-25.0%$4.69B$4.97B18.313,600
CARG
CarGurus
3.6005 of 5 stars
$38.28
+1.6%
$37.86
-1.1%
+50.9%$3.97B$914.24M-81.891,343Insider Trade
Positive News
DXC
DXC Technology
2.4309 of 5 stars
$21.45
0.0%
$20.89
-2.6%
-6.3%$3.88B$13.67B268.28130,000Options Volume
ALIT
Alight
3.3513 of 5 stars
$7.11
-0.7%
$10.83
+52.4%
-16.0%$3.86B$3.41B-14.9218,000
CLVT
Clarivate
3.0641 of 5 stars
$5.36
+4.9%
$7.10
+32.5%
-44.2%$3.81B$2.58B-2.7612,000Buyback Announcement
PAYO
Payoneer Global
3.9414 of 5 stars
$10.42
+1.4%
$11.36
+9.0%
+106.1%$3.72B$940.30M29.372,167
RNG
RingCentral
4.189 of 5 stars
$40.00
+2.4%
$41.43
+3.6%
+13.7%$3.62B$2.36B-36.844,084Analyst Forecast
DLO
DLocal
2.0999 of 5 stars
$11.91
+1.5%
$12.61
+5.9%
-32.5%$3.53B$729.49M29.33540Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:TASK) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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