JOYY (YY) Competitors

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is ULS or YY more profitable?

UL Solutions has a net margin of 11.36% compared to JOYY's net margin of 9.02%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 44.52% beat JOYY's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UL Solutions	11.36%	44.52%	12.48%
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ULS or YY?

JOYY received 535 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.03% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UL Solutions	Outperform Votes 18 64.29%	Underperform Votes 10 35.71%
JOYY	Outperform Votes 553 67.03%	Underperform Votes 272 32.97%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ULS or YY?

JOYY has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UL Solutions. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UL Solutions, 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
UL Solutions	$2.87B	3.82	$260M	$1.62	33.77
JOYY	$2.26B	1.00	$301.82M	-$3.10	-13.56

Do analysts recommend ULS or YY?

UL Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $51.45, suggesting a potential downside of 5.94%. JOYY has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.73%. Given UL Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe UL Solutions is more favorable than JOYY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UL Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to ULS or YY?

In the previous week, JOYY had 18 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for JOYY and 10 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat JOYY's score of 0.67 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JOYY	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ULS or YY a better dividend stock?

UL Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. JOYY pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. UL Solutions pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JOYY pays out -120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. JOYY is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ULS or YY?

36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

UL Solutions beats JOYY on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.