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CHGG vs. GOTU, EWCZ, NRDY, EM, VSTA, HCMA, COE, QSG, IH, and AZI

Should you be buying Chegg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chegg include Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Nerdy (NRDY), Smart Share Global (EM), Vasta Platform (VSTA), 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.

Chegg vs.

Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) and Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

In the previous week, Chegg had 9 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chegg and 0 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Chegg's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Gaotu Techedu's score of 0.00 indicating that Chegg is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Chegg Neutral
Gaotu Techedu Neutral

Chegg has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.2% of Chegg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Chegg shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Chegg presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 203.03%. Gaotu Techedu has a consensus target price of $7.23, indicating a potential upside of 248.43%. Given Gaotu Techedu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than Chegg.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chegg
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60
Gaotu Techedu
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chegg$662.08M0.23$18.18M-$7.98-0.19
Gaotu Techedu$417.02M1.29-$1.03M-$0.57-3.64

Chegg received 791 more outperform votes than Gaotu Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Chegg an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Gaotu Techedu an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CheggOutperform Votes
795
66.75%
Underperform Votes
396
33.25%
Gaotu TecheduOutperform Votes
4
25.00%
Underperform Votes
12
75.00%

Gaotu Techedu has a net margin of -26.36% compared to Chegg's net margin of -124.05%. Chegg's return on equity of 2.36% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chegg-124.05% 2.36% 1.04%
Gaotu Techedu -26.36%-37.79%-19.01%

Summary

Chegg beats Gaotu Techedu on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CHGG vs. The Competition

MetricCheggEducational services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$154.90M$969.94M$27.12B$19.94B
Dividend YieldN/A7.06%2.78%3.71%
P/E Ratio-0.1912.26237.0841.41
Price / Sales0.231.473,720.9916.25
Price / Cash1.3219.3434.3219.84
Price / Book0.181.818.395.76
Net Income$18.18M$20.67M$669.90M$993.25M
7 Day Performance1.02%1.71%3.14%2.27%
1 Month Performance-16.10%6.51%6.35%4.76%
1 Year Performance-84.91%-2.10%24.32%18.83%

Chegg Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHGG
Chegg
4.6713 of 5 stars
$1.49
-3.6%
$4.50
+203.0%
-84.9%$154.90M$662.08M-0.191,979Short Interest ↑
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
1.2059 of 5 stars
$1.91
-4.3%
$7.23
+279.5%
-36.7%$494.48M$3.93B-3.347,767
EWCZ
European Wax Center
1.3584 of 5 stars
$6.30
+2.3%
$6.64
+5.4%
-57.6%$358.74M$223.50M27.39110Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
NRDY
Nerdy
2.9433 of 5 stars
$1.52
-4.1%
$2.86
+87.6%
-46.8%$275.04M$197.33M-4.48700Gap Up
EM
Smart Share Global
0.8414 of 5 stars
$0.99
+0.2%
$1.00
+0.8%
+137.3%$257.50M$1.96B33.083,198
VSTA
Vasta Platform
1.7167 of 5 stars
$2.36
+3.5%
$3.00
+27.1%
-40.9%$189.21M$1.53B-33.712,012Gap Up
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$20.10
-2.0%
N/A+161.0%$115.01M$41.92M-8.52620
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$1.82
-7.6%
N/A-7.0%$93.21M$3.74B1.841,029Gap Up
IH
iHuman
2.5737 of 5 stars
$1.58
flat
N/A-42.4%$82.75M$939.96M4.651,120
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$0.78
-9.1%
N/AN/A$82.01M$117.73M0.0083

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