Head to Head Comparison: DouYu International (NASDAQ:DOYU) versus Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS)

DouYu International (NASDAQ:DOYU) and Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

17.9% of DouYu International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Nebius Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.3% of DouYu International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares DouYu International and Nebius Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DouYu International	-4.39%	-2.92%	-2.38%
Nebius Group	-4.76%	7.18%	4.00%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for DouYu International and Nebius Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DouYu International	2	0	0	0	1.00
Nebius Group	0	0	1	0	3.00

DouYu International currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential downside of 35.09%. Nebius Group has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. Given Nebius Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nebius Group is more favorable than DouYu International.

Volatility & Risk

DouYu International has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nebius Group has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares DouYu International and Nebius Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DouYu International	$778.94 million	0.64	$5.00 million	($0.88)	-17.94
Nebius Group	$8.92 billion	1.17	$221.50 million	($0.57)	-78.05

Nebius Group has higher revenue and earnings than DouYu International. Nebius Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DouYu International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Nebius Group beats DouYu International on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DouYu International

DouYu International Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a platform on PC and mobile apps that provides interactive games and entertainment live streaming services in the People’s Republic of China. Its platform connects game developers and publishers, professional eSports teams or players and eSports tournament organizers, advertisers, and viewers. The company also sponsors professional players and teams, as well as organizes eSports tournaments. In addition, it streams other content to include a spectrum of live streaming entertainment options, such as talent shows, music, outdoor, and travel. Further, the company records and offers video clips to allow users to watch replays of selective live streaming content; and graphics that include game guides, tutorials, news, and other types of content. DouYu International Holdings Limited was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Wuhan, the People’s Republic of China.

About Nebius Group

Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning and other technologies to help consumers and businesses navigate the online and offline world. The company’s services include Nebius AI, an AI-centric cloud platform that offers infrastructure and computing capability for AI deployment and machine-learning oriented solutions; and Toloka AI that offers generative AI (GenAI) solutions at every stage of the GenAI lifecycle, such as data annotation and generation, model training and fine-tuning, and quality assessment of large language model for accuracy and reliability. It also offers Avride, an autonomous driving solution which targets ride-hailing, logistics, e-commerce, and food/grocery delivery as application domains, as well as focuses on autonomous vehicles and delivery robots; and TripleTen, an EdTech service that prepares specialists for STEM roles, and equipping them with essential technology skills. The company was formerly known as Yandex N.V. and changed its name to Nebius Group N.V. in August 2024. Nebius Group N.V. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schiphol, the Netherlands.