Head to Head Survey: Monex Group (OTCMKTS:MNXBF) and Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL)

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and Monex Group (OTCMKTS:MNXBF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Duolingo and Monex Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Duolingo	$1.04 billion	6.61	$414.07 million	$8.44	17.37
Monex Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.59	0.38

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Monex Group 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Duolingo and Monex Group’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%
Monex Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Duolingo and Monex Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	1	15	8	1	2.36
Monex Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Duolingo presently has a consensus target price of $132.65, indicating a potential downside of 9.52%. Given Duolingo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Monex Group.

Summary

Duolingo beats Monex Group 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 Monex Group

Monex Group, Inc., an online financial institution, provides retail online brokerage services in Japan, the United States, China, and Australia. It offers international forex, asset management, investor education, M&A advisory, and cryptocurrency exchange services; investment and trading, and investment education services; asset building and management services; custodial trust service; private banking services for high net worth clients; investment advisory services; management and utilization services for genomic, medical, and healthcare data; and education and childcare services. In addition, it involved in development and operation of marketing SaaS ChatBook'; research and design, study, development, and consultation on cryptocurrency; and development of trading technology. The company was formerly known as Monex Beans Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Monex Group, Inc. in July 2008. Monex Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.