Nerdy (NRDY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer DAO or NRDY?

Nerdy has a consensus target price of $2.61, suggesting a potential upside of 67.38%. Given Nerdy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Youdao.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Youdao	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Nerdy	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, DAO or NRDY?

Nerdy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Youdao. Nerdy 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	$5.63B	0.19	-$77.46M	$0.10	87.70
Nerdy	$197.33M	1.43	-$40.17M	-$0.38	-4.11

Is DAO or NRDY more profitable?

Youdao has a net margin of 1.50% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -19.31%. Youdao's return on equity of -3.75% beat Nerdy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Youdao	1.50%	-3.75%	5.07%
Nerdy	-19.31%	-47.45%	-32.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, DAO or NRDY?

Youdao has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nerdy has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DAO or NRDY?

In the previous week, Nerdy had 15 more articles in the media than Youdao. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Nerdy and 2 mentions for Youdao. Nerdy's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Youdao's score of -0.37 indicating that Nerdy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Youdao	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nerdy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DAO or NRDY?

21.9% of Youdao shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of Youdao shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Nerdy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DAO or NRDY?

Youdao received 11 more outperform votes than Nerdy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave Youdao an outperform vote while only 50.72% of users gave Nerdy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Youdao	Outperform Votes 46 58.23%	Underperform Votes 33 41.77%
Nerdy	Outperform Votes 35 50.72%	Underperform Votes 34 49.28%

Summary

Youdao beats Nerdy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.