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Vasta Platform (VSTA) Competitors

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$2.30 +0.16 (+7.48%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

VSTA vs. NRDY, EWCZ, CHGG, EM, HCMA, QSG, AZI, COE, STG, and YQ

Should you be buying Vasta Platform stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vasta Platform include Nerdy (NRDY), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Chegg (CHGG), Smart Share Global (EM), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Autozi Internet Technology (Global) (AZI), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Vasta Platform vs.

Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) and Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Vasta Platform has a net margin of -3.32% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -19.31%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 1.61% beat Nerdy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vasta Platform-3.32% 1.61% 0.98%
Nerdy -19.31%-47.45%-32.83%

15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Nerdy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Nerdy had 13 more articles in the media than Vasta Platform. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Nerdy and 1 mentions for Vasta Platform. Nerdy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Vasta Platform's score of -0.29 indicating that Nerdy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vasta Platform
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Nerdy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nerdy received 24 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.47% of users gave Nerdy an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vasta PlatformOutperform Votes
11
44.00%
Underperform Votes
14
56.00%
NerdyOutperform Votes
35
51.47%
Underperform Votes
33
48.53%

Vasta Platform currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.43%. Nerdy has a consensus target price of $2.86, suggesting a potential upside of 67.32%. Given Nerdy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Vasta Platform.

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

Vasta Platform has higher revenue and earnings than Nerdy. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nerdy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vasta Platform$1.53B0.12-$16.78M-$0.07-32.86
Nerdy$197.33M1.56-$40.17M-$0.34-5.03

Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nerdy has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nerdy beats Vasta Platform on 12 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$184.40M$914.59M$7.15B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A6.52%2.33%4.22%
P/E Ratio-32.8511.9128.2017.19
Price / Sales0.121.04403.34116.80
Price / Cash2.4021.1031.0037.86
Price / Book0.211.715.814.78
Net Income-$16.78M$20.67M$125.99M$225.60M
7 Day Performance11.65%-4.33%4.01%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-8.37%-1.90%8.75%3.37%
1 Year Performance-43.54%-1.73%19.17%16.58%

Vasta Platform Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSTA
Vasta Platform
2.6773 of 5 stars
$2.30
+7.5%
$3.00
+30.4%
-44.0%$184.40M$1.53B-32.852,012News Coverage
NRDY
Nerdy
3.5828 of 5 stars
$2.00
+14.7%
$2.86
+43.4%
-45.9%$359.86M$193.40M-5.63700Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EWCZ
European Wax Center
3.3921 of 5 stars
$5.95
-1.5%
$7.64
+28.5%
-62.3%$338.81M$223.50M26.26110Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CHGG
Chegg
4.8589 of 5 stars
$2.36
+7.8%
$4.69
+98.9%
-83.9%$246.17M$662.08M-0.271,979
EM
Smart Share Global
N/A$0.77
+1.3%
$1.00
+29.9%
+43.6%$199.87M$1.96B25.343,198Positive News
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$10.13
-4.9%
N/A-11.4%$143.26MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$2.32
-7.6%
N/A+16.2%$118.81M$522.26M2.541,029Gap Up
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$1.08
-3.6%
N/AN/A$113.34M$117.73M0.0083Gap Down
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
N/A$16.50
-1.5%
N/A+128.0%$94.38M$27.30M-7.10620Gap Down
STG
Sunlands Technology Group
1.147 of 5 stars
$6.12
-0.2%
N/A-18.6%$83.97M$304.17M1.362,113
YQ
17 Education & Technology Group
N/A$1.64
-2.4%
N/A-0.9%$63.53M$24.08M-0.424,660

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This page (NASDAQ:VSTA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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