VSTA vs. GOTU, SDA, EWCZ, NRDY, EM, NAMI, HCMA, CHGG, QSG, and COE
Should you be buying Vasta Platform stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vasta Platform include Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), Jinxin Technology Holding Company American Depositary Shares (NAMI), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), Chegg (CHGG), QuantaSing Group (QSG), and 51Talk Online Education Group (COE). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Vasta Platform vs.
Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) and Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Vasta Platform currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Gaotu Techedu has a consensus price target of $7.23, indicating a potential upside of 171.29%. Given Gaotu Techedu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than Vasta Platform.
Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gaotu Techedu had 1 more articles in the media than Vasta Platform. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gaotu Techedu and 1 mentions for Vasta Platform. Gaotu Techedu's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Vasta Platform's score of 0.00 indicating that Gaotu Techedu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Summary
Gaotu Techedu beats Vasta Platform on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VSTA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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