GHC vs. EDU, TAL, LOPE, LRN, STRA, LAUR, ATGE, AFYA, GOTU, and PRDO
Should you be buying Graham stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graham include New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Stride (LRN), Strategic Education (STRA), Laureate Education (LAUR), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Afya (AFYA), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), and Perdoceo Education (PRDO). These companies are all part of the "educational services" industry.
Graham (NYSE:GHC) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
62.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group received 462 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave New Oriental Education & Technology Group an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Graham an outperform vote.
In the previous week, New Oriental Education & Technology Group had 4 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group and 1 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 0.86 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus target price of $97.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.57%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than Graham.
Graham has higher revenue and earnings than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Oriental Education & Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a net margin of 7.72% compared to Graham's net margin of 6.12%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity of 8.11% beat Graham's return on equity.
Graham has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats Graham on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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