Youdao (DAO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DAO or AFYA?

Afya received 20 more outperform votes than Youdao when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 55.00% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Youdao	Outperform Votes 46 58.97%	Underperform Votes 32 41.03%
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 55.00%	Underperform Votes 54 45.00%

Do analysts prefer DAO or AFYA?

Afya has a consensus price target of $21.13, suggesting a potential upside of 31.99%. Given Afya's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Youdao.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Youdao	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Afya	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DAO or AFYA more profitable?

Afya has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Youdao's net margin of 1.03%. Afya's return on equity of 19.15% beat Youdao's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Youdao	1.03%	-3.14%	4.23%
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%

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

21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Afya 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 stronger earnings & valuation, DAO or AFYA?

Afya has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao. Afya 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
Youdao	$762.52M	0.77	-$77.46M	$0.07	69.57
Afya	$576.09M	2.60	$77.38M	$1.24	12.91

Which has more risk & volatility, DAO or AFYA?

Youdao has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DAO or AFYA?

In the previous week, Youdao had 2 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Youdao and 11 mentions for Afya. Afya's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Youdao's score of 0.17 indicating that Afya is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Youdao	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Afya	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Afya beats Youdao on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.