Financial Review: Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:CSIOF) vs. Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL)

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:CSIOF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Duolingo and Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Duolingo	$1.04 billion	6.30	$414.07 million	$8.44	16.55
Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.	N/A	N/A	N/A	$77.38	0.15

Duolingo has higher revenue and earnings than Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.. Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duolingo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Duolingo and Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duolingo	35.88%	12.10%	8.24%
Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Duolingo and Casio Computer Co.,Ltd., as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	1	16	8	1	2.35
Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Duolingo currently has a consensus price target of $130.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.55%. Given Duolingo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Casio Computer Co.,Ltd..

Summary

Duolingo beats Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. 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 Casio Computer Co.,Ltd.

Casio Computer Co.,Ltd. develops, produces, and sells consumer, system equipment, and other products. The company operates in Timepieces, Consumer, System Equipment, and Other segments. It offers timepieces, electronic dictionaries, calculators, label printers, electronic musical instruments, handheld terminals, cash registers, management support systems, data projectors, formed parts, and molds products. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.