Yelp (NYSE:YELP – Get Rating) and Wag! Group (NASDAQ:PET – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Yelp and Wag! Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Get Yelp alerts:| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Yelp | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.86 |
| Wag! Group | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
Yelp currently has a consensus target price of $34.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.86%. Wag! Group has a consensus target price of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 93.50%. Given Wag! Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wag! Group is more favorable than Yelp.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.0% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Wag! Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Yelp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Wag! Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.Profitability
This table compares Yelp and Wag! Group's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Yelp | 3.40% | 5.44% | 3.80% |
| Wag! Group | N/A | N/A | -29.81% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Yelp and Wag! Group's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Yelp | $1.03 billion | 2.08 | $39.67 million | $0.53 | 57.98 |
| Wag! Group | N/A | N/A | -$830,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than Wag! Group.
Summary
Yelp beats Wag! Group on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Yelp
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Yelp, Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. The company's platform covers various local business categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, health, and other categories, as well as home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate, and financial services. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, which include cost-per-click search advertising and multi-location ad products, as well as enables businesses to deliver targeted search advertising to local audiences and business listing page products. It also offers other services, including Yelp Reservations, which provides online reservations for restaurants, nightlife, and other venues directly from their Yelp business listing pages, Yelp Waitlist, a subscription-based waitlist management solution that allows consumers to check wait times and join waitlists remotely, as well as businesses to manage seating and server rotation, the Yelp Knowledge program, which offers business owners local analytics and insights through access to its historical data and other proprietary content, and Yelp Fusion, which offers f
About Wag! Group
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Wag! Group Co. develops and supports a proprietary marketplace technology platform available as a website and mobile app that enables independent pet caregivers to connect with pet parents. Its platform allows pet parents, who require specific pet care services, such as dog walking, pet sitting and boarding, advice from licensed pet experts, home visits, training, and access to other services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Purchase, New York.
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