Clear Secure (YOU) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DUOL or YOU?

91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DUOL or YOU?

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
Duolingo	$748.02M	19.75	$16.07M	$1.88	173.67
Clear Secure	$770.49M	4.75	$28.11M	$1.54	17.36

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DUOL or YOU?

Duolingo received 19 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Duolingo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Duolingo	Outperform Votes 65 51.18%	Underperform Votes 62 48.82%
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 46 66.67%	Underperform Votes 23 33.33%

Does the media prefer DUOL or YOU?

In the previous week, Duolingo had 20 more articles in the media than Clear Secure. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Duolingo and 4 mentions for Clear Secure. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Duolingo's score of 0.96 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Duolingo	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clear Secure	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is DUOL or YOU 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
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%
Clear Secure	10.93%	48.28%	12.96%

Do analysts rate DUOL or YOU?

Duolingo presently has a consensus price target of $372.92, indicating a potential upside of 14.22%. Clear Secure has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.17%. Given Clear Secure's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Duolingo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Clear Secure	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, DUOL or YOU?

Duolingo has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Secure has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Duolingo and Clear Secure tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.