GOTU vs. PRDO, AFYA, UDMY, EVGO, IRS, HTZ, SDA, DAO, EWCZ, and NRDY
Should you be buying Gaotu Techedu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gaotu Techedu include Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Udemy (UDMY), EVgo (EVGO), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Hertz Global (HTZ), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), Youdao (DAO), European Wax Center (EWCZ), and Nerdy (NRDY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Gaotu Techedu vs.
Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Perdoceo Education received 50 more outperform votes than Gaotu Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Gaotu Techedu an outperform vote.
48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 20.42% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -26.36%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 15.58% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.
Perdoceo Education has higher revenue and earnings than Gaotu Techedu. Gaotu Techedu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perdoceo Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 3 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 0 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Gaotu Techedu's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Perdoceo Education's score of -0.13 indicating that Gaotu Techedu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gaotu Techedu presently has a consensus price target of $7.23, suggesting a potential upside of 248.43%. Perdoceo Education has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. Given Gaotu Techedu's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.
Summary
Perdoceo Education beats Gaotu Techedu on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GOTU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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