SKIL vs. BLND, SCWX, QUBT, SMWB, ECX, CGNT, KIND, OSPN, YALA, and MGIC
Should you be buying Skillsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillsoft include Blend Labs (BLND), SecureWorks (SCWX), Quantum Computing (QUBT), Similarweb (SMWB), ECARX (ECX), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Nextdoor (KIND), OneSpan (OSPN), Yalla Group (YALA), and Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Skillsoft vs.
Blend Labs (NYSE:BLND) and Skillsoft (NYSE:SKIL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Blend Labs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Skillsoft. Blend Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skillsoft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blend Labs has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skillsoft has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Blend Labs presently has a consensus target price of $4.91, indicating a potential upside of 58.27%. Skillsoft has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.35%. Given Skillsoft's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Skillsoft is more favorable than Blend Labs.
Blend Labs has a net margin of -49.34% compared to Skillsoft's net margin of -62.85%. Blend Labs' return on equity of 0.00% beat Skillsoft's return on equity.
52.6% of Blend Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Skillsoft shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Blend Labs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Skillsoft shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Blend Labs had 5 more articles in the media than Skillsoft. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Blend Labs and 1 mentions for Skillsoft. Blend Labs' average media sentiment score of -0.14 beat Skillsoft's score of -0.55 indicating that Blend Labs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Blend Labs received 22 more outperform votes than Skillsoft when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.37% of users gave Blend Labs an outperform vote while only 35.00% of users gave Skillsoft an outperform vote.
Summary
Blend Labs beats Skillsoft on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SKIL) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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