Clear Secure (YOU) Competitors

Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) and Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, YOU or DUOL?

Clear Secure has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. Clear Secure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, 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
Clear Secure	$613.58M	5.95	$28.11M	$0.86	30.50
Duolingo	$531.11M	25.45	$16.07M	$1.83	167.94

Is YOU or DUOL more profitable?

Duolingo has a net margin of 12.59% compared to Clear Secure's net margin of 10.93%. Clear Secure's return on equity of 48.28% beat Duolingo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clear Secure	10.93%	48.28%	12.96%
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in YOU or DUOL?

73.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Clear Secure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate YOU or DUOL?

Clear Secure presently has a consensus target price of $32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.54%. Duolingo has a consensus target price of $331.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.81%. Given Clear Secure's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Duolingo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clear Secure	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YOU or DUOL?

Duolingo received 12 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.08% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote while only 48.62% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 41 65.08%	Underperform Votes 22 34.92%
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 53 48.62%	Underperform Votes 56 51.38%

Does the media refer more to YOU or DUOL?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 13 more articles in the media than Clear Secure. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Duolingo and 9 mentions for Clear Secure. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Duolingo's score of 0.97 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clear Secure	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Duolingo	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, YOU or DUOL?

Clear Secure has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Duolingo beats Clear Secure on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.