Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL – Get Free Report) and Global Arena (OTCMKTS:GAHC – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Global Arena shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Duolingo has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Arena has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Duolingo | $634.49 million | 19.02 | $16.07 million | $0.97 | 288.59 |
Global Arena | $830,000.00 | 0.29 | -$1.19 million | N/A | N/A |
Duolingo has higher revenue and earnings than Global Arena.
Profitability
This table compares Duolingo and Global Arena’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Duolingo | 10.44% | 9.64% | 6.57% |
Global Arena | -61.77% | N/A | -111.08% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Duolingo and Global Arena, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Duolingo | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2.75 |
Global Arena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Duolingo currently has a consensus target price of $277.22, indicating a potential downside of 0.97%. Given Duolingo’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Global Arena.
Summary
Duolingo beats Global Arena on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Duolingo
Duolingo, Inc. operates as a mobile learning platform in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers courses in 40 different languages, including Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese through its Duolingo app. It also provides a digital English language proficiency assessment exam. Duolingo, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
About Global Arena
Global Arena Holding Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides technology-enabled paper absentee/mail ballot and online election services in the United States. The company offers voter authentication and registration software, which authenticates and registers voting members in a data look-up system; and scanning and tabulation software, an advanced OMR/OCR/Barcode scanning and tabulation software, as well as an online voting platform. It also explores opportunities in the oil, gas, mineral, and energy business. The company provides its services to craft and trade organizations, labor unions, political parties, co-operatives and housing organizations, associations and professional societies, universities, and political organizations. The company was formerly known as Global Arena Holding Subsidiary Corp and changed its name to Global Arena Holding Inc. in May 2011. Global Arena Holding Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.
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