AFYA vs. PRDO, ATGE, LAUR, STRA, LRN, UTI, GHC, LOPE, TV, and BOWL
Should you be buying Afya stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afya include Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Laureate Education (LAUR), Strategic Education (STRA), Stride (LRN), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), and Bowlero (BOWL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) and Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Afya received 22 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.46% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.
Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Afya has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.64%. Given Perdoceo Education's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.
93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 1 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 2 mentions for Afya. Afya's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 1.28 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perdoceo Education has higher revenue and earnings than Afya. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Afya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Perdoceo Education's net margin of 16.20%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 17.51% beat Afya's return on equity.
Summary
Perdoceo Education beats Afya on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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