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Vasta Platform (VSTA) Competitors

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$2.43 +0.08 (+3.40%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gaotu Techedu$417.02M1.29-$1.03M-$0.57-3.64
Vasta Platform$297.72M0.65-$16.78M-$0.07-34.71

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gaotu Techedu Neutral
Vasta Platform Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gaotu Techedu
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Vasta Platform
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gaotu TecheduOutperform Votes
4
25.00%
Underperform Votes
12
75.00%
Vasta PlatformOutperform Votes
11
44.00%
Underperform Votes
14
56.00%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gaotu Techedu-26.36% -37.79% -19.01%
Vasta Platform -3.32%1.61%0.98%

Summary

Gaotu Techedu and Vasta Platform tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VSTA vs. The Competition

MetricVasta PlatformEducational services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$194.81M$969.94M$7.47B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A7.06%2.33%4.02%
P/E Ratio-34.7112.2628.4817.36
Price / Sales0.651.47103.3177.11
Price / Cash2.6519.3429.1435.97
Price / Book0.221.816.194.79
Net Income-$16.78M$20.67M$134.52M$225.00M
7 Day Performance2.97%1.71%2.65%2.37%
1 Month Performance5.65%6.51%5.01%4.40%
1 Year Performance-40.88%-2.10%24.01%20.10%

Vasta Platform Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSTA
Vasta Platform
1.7158 of 5 stars
$2.43
+3.4%
$3.00
+23.5%
-40.9%$194.81M$297.72M-34.712,012
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
1.2059 of 5 stars
$1.90
-4.5%
$7.23
+280.5%
-36.7%$493.18M$3.93B-3.337,767
EWCZ
European Wax Center
1.3584 of 5 stars
$6.40
+3.9%
$6.64
+3.8%
-57.6%$364.44M$223.50M27.83110Short Interest ↑
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NRDY
Nerdy
2.9433 of 5 stars
$1.54
-3.1%
$2.86
+85.8%
-46.8%$277.78M$197.33M-4.53700Gap Up
EM
Smart Share Global
0.8414 of 5 stars
$0.99
-0.5%
$1.00
+1.5%
+137.3%$255.68M$1.96B32.843,198
CHGG
Chegg
4.6747 of 5 stars
$1.63
-9.1%
$4.69
+188.4%
-84.9%$169.81M$662.08M-0.201,979Short Interest ↑
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$10.99
+1.7%
N/A-1.6%$155.42MN/A0.00N/A
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
N/A$20.24
-1.3%
N/A+161.0%$115.81M$41.92M-8.58620
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$1.76
-10.7%
N/A-7.0%$90.13M$3.74B1.781,029Gap Up
IH
iHuman
2.5737 of 5 stars
$1.60
+1.3%
N/A-42.4%$83.79M$939.96M4.711,120
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$0.76
-11.4%
N/AN/A$79.86M$117.73M0.0083Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:VSTA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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