Graham (GHC) Competitors

Graham (NYSE:GHC) and TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHC or TAL?

TAL Education Group received 388 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 61.97% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graham	Outperform Votes 135 62.50%	Underperform Votes 81 37.50%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 523 61.97%	Underperform Votes 321 38.03%

Which has better valuation & earnings, GHC or TAL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Graham	$4.41B	0.72	$205.29M	$60.31	11.83
TAL Education Group	$1.49B	4.60	-$3.57M	-$0.01	-1,073.93

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GHC or TAL?

62.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.5% of Graham shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GHC or TAL more profitable?

Graham has a net margin of 6.12% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of -0.24%. Graham's return on equity of 5.39% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graham	6.12%	5.39%	3.04%
TAL Education Group	-0.24%	-0.10%	-0.07%

Which has more volatility and risk, GHC or TAL?

Graham has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GHC or TAL?

In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Graham and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. TAL Education Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Graham's score of 0.54 indicating that TAL Education Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graham	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TAL Education Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GHC or TAL?

TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $13.28, suggesting a potential upside of 23.49%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Graham beats TAL Education Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.