Yalla Group (YALA) Competitors

BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) and Yalla Group (NYSE:YALA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BL or YALA?

BlackLine received 401 more outperform votes than Yalla Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Yalla Group an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackLine	Outperform Votes 406 62.27%	Underperform Votes 246 37.73%
Yalla Group	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BL or YALA?

95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Yalla Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of BlackLine shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Yalla Group shares are owned by 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 media refer more to BL or YALA?

In the previous week, BlackLine had 9 more articles in the media than Yalla Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BlackLine and 3 mentions for Yalla Group. BlackLine's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Yalla Group's score of 0.97 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BlackLine	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Yalla Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BL or YALA?

BlackLine has higher revenue and earnings than Yalla Group. Yalla Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackLine, 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
BlackLine	$653.34M	4.69	$165.81M	$1.45	33.66
Yalla Group	$339.68M	2.53	$117.34M	$0.74	7.32

Do analysts prefer BL or YALA?

BlackLine currently has a consensus target price of $66.40, suggesting a potential upside of 36.04%. Given BlackLine's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlackLine is more favorable than Yalla Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BlackLine	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Yalla Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BL or YALA more profitable?

Yalla Group has a net margin of 40.72% compared to BlackLine's net margin of 24.67%. Yalla Group's return on equity of 21.80% beat BlackLine's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackLine	24.67%	21.63%	4.10%
Yalla Group	40.72%	21.80%	19.28%

Which has more risk & volatility, BL or YALA?

BlackLine has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yalla Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BlackLine beats Yalla Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.