Youdao (DAO) Competitors

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) and Youdao (NYSE:DAO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LAUR or DAO?

Laureate Education received 255 more outperform votes than Youdao when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.23% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laureate Education	Outperform Votes 301 57.77%	Underperform Votes 220 42.23%
Youdao	Outperform Votes 46 58.23%	Underperform Votes 33 41.77%

Do analysts prefer LAUR or DAO?

Laureate Education presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.25%. Given Laureate Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Laureate Education is more favorable than Youdao.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laureate Education	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Youdao	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer LAUR or DAO?

In the previous week, Laureate Education had 10 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Laureate Education and 3 mentions for Youdao. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Youdao's score of 0.71 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Laureate Education	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Youdao	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LAUR or DAO?

96.3% of Laureate Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Laureate Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, LAUR or DAO?

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Youdao has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LAUR or DAO?

Laureate Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Youdao. Laureate Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Youdao, 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
Laureate Education	$1.57B	1.86	$107.59M	$1.94	9.98
Youdao	$5.63B	0.16	-$77.46M	$0.10	72.70

Is LAUR or DAO more profitable?

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Youdao's net margin of 1.50%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat Youdao's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laureate Education	18.92%	32.35%	14.39%
Youdao	1.50%	-3.75%	5.07%

Summary

Laureate Education beats Youdao on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.