VSTA vs. GOTU, EWCZ, NRDY, EM, CHGG, HCMA, COE, QSG, IH, and AZI
Should you be buying Vasta Platform stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vasta Platform include Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), Chegg (CHGG), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), QuantaSing Group (QSG), iHuman (IH), and Autozi Internet Technology (Global) (AZI). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Vasta Platform vs.
Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Gaotu Techedu has higher revenue and earnings than Vasta Platform. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gaotu Techedu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Vasta Platform had 2 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vasta Platform and 0 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Gaotu Techedu's score of 0.00 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gaotu Techedu presently has a consensus target price of $7.23, indicating a potential upside of 248.43%. Vasta Platform has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.46%. Given Gaotu Techedu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than Vasta Platform.
Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vasta Platform received 7 more outperform votes than Gaotu Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.00% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Gaotu Techedu an outperform vote.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -3.32% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -26.36%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 1.61% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.
Summary
Gaotu Techedu and Vasta Platform tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VSTA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff