TaskUs (TASK) versus Its Rivals Head to Head Comparison

TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK – Get Rating) is one of 141 public companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare TaskUs to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares TaskUs and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
TaskUs	$760.70 million	-$58.70 million	-28.25
TaskUs Competitors	$895.99 million	-$10.28 million	3.39

TaskUs’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than TaskUs. TaskUs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

76.1% of TaskUs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are held by 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 TaskUs and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TaskUs	-7.51%	19.14%	8.96%
TaskUs Competitors	-37.87%	-1,419.98%	-5.84%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for TaskUs and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TaskUs	0	1	8	0	2.89
TaskUs Competitors	781	3348	5048	106	2.48

TaskUs currently has a consensus target price of $51.38, indicating a potential upside of 142.45%. As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 74.15%. Given TaskUs’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TaskUs is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

TaskUs beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About TaskUs (Get Rating)

TaskUs, Inc. provides digital outsourcing services for companies worldwide. It offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through digital channels; and other solutions, including customer care services for new product or market launches, trust and safety solutions, and customer acquisition solutions. The company also offers content security services, such as review and disposition of user and advertiser generated content, which include removal or labeling of policy violating, and offensive or misleading content; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, and transcription services for training and tuning AI algorithms through the process of machine learning. It serves clients in various industry segments within the digital economy, including e-commerce, FinTech, food delivery and ride sharing, gaming, HiTech, HealthTech, social media, and streaming media. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.