Udemy (UDMY) Competitors

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) and Udemy (NASDAQ:UDMY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LAUR or UDMY?

Laureate Education has higher revenue and earnings than Udemy. Udemy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laureate Education, 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
Laureate Education	$1.57B	1.85	$107.59M	$1.94	9.93
Udemy	$786.57M	1.16	-$85.29M	-$0.57	-10.74

Is LAUR or UDMY more profitable?

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Udemy's net margin of -10.84%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat Udemy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laureate Education	18.92%	32.35%	14.39%
Udemy	-10.84%	-27.93%	-10.14%

Does the media prefer LAUR or UDMY?

In the previous week, Udemy had 4 more articles in the media than Laureate Education. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Udemy and 13 mentions for Laureate Education. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Udemy's score of 0.61 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Laureate Education	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Udemy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, LAUR or UDMY?

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Udemy has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAUR or UDMY?

Laureate Education received 249 more outperform votes than Udemy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.77% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Udemy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laureate Education	Outperform Votes 301 57.77%	Underperform Votes 220 42.23%
Udemy	Outperform Votes 52 54.17%	Underperform Votes 44 45.83%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LAUR or UDMY?

96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Udemy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Udemy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate LAUR or UDMY?

Laureate Education currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.79%. Udemy has a consensus target price of $10.68, suggesting a potential upside of 74.54%. Given Udemy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Udemy is more favorable than Laureate Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laureate Education	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Udemy	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Laureate Education beats Udemy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.