TWOU vs. NTWK, SMSI, CLPS, MRDB, DTSS, AWRE, MTBLY, SEAC, BLIN, and IVDA
Should you be buying 2U stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 2U include NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), MariaDB (MRDB), Datasea (DTSS), Aware (AWRE), Moatable (MTBLY), SeaChange International (SEAC), Bridgeline Digital (BLIN), and Iveda Solutions (IVDA).
2U (NASDAQ:TWOU) and NetSol Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
2U received 377 more outperform votes than NetSol Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.68% of users gave 2U an outperform vote while only 66.58% of users gave NetSol Technologies an outperform vote.
80.5% of 2U shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of NetSol Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of 2U shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of NetSol Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NetSol Technologies has a net margin of -3.68% compared to 2U's net margin of -35.13%. NetSol Technologies' return on equity of -5.47% beat 2U's return on equity.
2U currently has a consensus target price of $4.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1,167.60%. Given 2U's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 2U is more favorable than NetSol Technologies.
In the previous week, 2U had 4 more articles in the media than NetSol Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for 2U and 2 mentions for NetSol Technologies. 2U's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat NetSol Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that 2U is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2U has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetSol Technologies has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NetSol Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than 2U. NetSol Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 2U, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
2U beats NetSol Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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