Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and CXApp (NASDAQ:CXAI) Head to Head Analysis

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) and CXApp (NASDAQ:CXAI) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.6% of Duolingo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.4% of CXApp shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Duolingo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of CXApp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Duolingo and CXApp’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Duolingo	12.59%	11.74%	7.92%
CXApp	-751.90%	-281.11%	-158.66%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Duolingo and CXApp”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Duolingo	$748.02 million	18.22	$16.07 million	$1.88	160.20
CXApp	-$2.45 million	-6.70	-$53.62 million	N/A	N/A

Duolingo has higher revenue and earnings than CXApp.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Duolingo and CXApp, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Duolingo	0	7	7	1	2.60
CXApp	0	0	0	0	0.00

Duolingo presently has a consensus target price of $377.08, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Duolingo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than CXApp.

Risk and Volatility

Duolingo has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CXApp has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Duolingo beats CXApp on 12 of the 13 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 CXApp

CXApp Inc. provides a workplace experience platform for enterprise customers. It offers CXApp, a software-as-a-service platform with native mapping, analytics, on-device positioning, and applications technologies for use in various applications, such as workplace experience, employee engagement, desk and meeting room reservations, workplace analytics, occupancy management, content delivery, corporate communications and notifications, event management, live indoor mapping, wayfinding, and navigation. The company was formerly known as KINS Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to CXApp Inc. in March 2023. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.