JOYY (YY) Competitors

HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) and JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HQY or YY?

99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of HealthEquity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HQY or YY more profitable?

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to HealthEquity's net margin of 8.41%. HealthEquity's return on equity of 9.70% beat JOYY's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HealthEquity	8.41%	9.70%	6.08%
JOYY	9.02%	4.64%	2.96%

Do analysts rate HQY or YY?

HealthEquity presently has a consensus price target of $110.71, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. JOYY has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 28.53%. Given HealthEquity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HealthEquity is more favorable than JOYY.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HealthEquity	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
JOYY	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer HQY or YY?

In the previous week, HealthEquity had 7 more articles in the media than JOYY. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for HealthEquity and 3 mentions for JOYY. HealthEquity's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat JOYY's score of 0.32 indicating that HealthEquity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HealthEquity	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JOYY	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, HQY or YY?

HealthEquity has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HQY or YY?

JOYY received 18 more outperform votes than HealthEquity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.04% of users gave HealthEquity an outperform vote while only 67.03% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HealthEquity	Outperform Votes 533 70.04%	Underperform Votes 228 29.96%
JOYY	Outperform Votes 551 67.03%	Underperform Votes 271 32.97%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HQY or YY?

JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than HealthEquity. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, 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
HealthEquity	$999.59M	9.42	$55.71M	$1.09	99.63
JOYY	$2.27B	1.16	$301.82M	$3.31	14.79

Summary

HealthEquity beats JOYY on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.