SKIL vs. CCSI, CANG, CRNC, TLS, BLZE, GCL, XNET, BAND, PERI, and PUBM
Should you be buying Skillsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillsoft include Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI), Cango (CANG), Cerence (CRNC), Telos (TLS), Backblaze (BLZE), GCL Global (GCL), Xunlei (XNET), Bandwidth (BAND), Perion Network (PERI), and PubMatic (PUBM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Skillsoft vs. Its Competitors
Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) and Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Consensus Cloud Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Consensus Cloud Solutions and 1 mentions for Skillsoft. Consensus Cloud Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Skillsoft's score of 0.20 indicating that Consensus Cloud Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.0% of Skillsoft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Skillsoft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Consensus Cloud Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Consensus Cloud Solutions has a consensus price target of $27.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Consensus Cloud Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Consensus Cloud Solutions is more favorable than Skillsoft.
Consensus Cloud Solutions has a net margin of 23.20% compared to Skillsoft's net margin of -25.09%. Skillsoft's return on equity of -28.01% beat Consensus Cloud Solutions' return on equity.
Skillsoft has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consensus Cloud Solutions has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Consensus Cloud Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skillsoft. Skillsoft is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consensus Cloud Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Consensus Cloud Solutions beats Skillsoft on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SKIL) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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