ATGE vs. STRA, LRN, UTI, LOPE, AFYA, LAUR, PRDO, GHC, TAL, and FUN
Should you be buying Adtalem Global Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adtalem Global Education include Strategic Education (STRA), Stride (LRN), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Afya (AFYA), Laureate Education (LAUR), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Graham (GHC), TAL Education Group (TAL), and Cedar Fair (FUN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) and Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Education has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Adtalem Global Education has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Education. Adtalem Global Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Strategic Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Strategic Education has a net margin of 8.70% compared to Adtalem Global Education's net margin of 7.93%. Adtalem Global Education's return on equity of 13.05% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.
In the previous week, Strategic Education had 7 more articles in the media than Adtalem Global Education. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Strategic Education and 19 mentions for Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Strategic Education's score of 0.43 indicating that Adtalem Global Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Adtalem Global Education presently has a consensus price target of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.42%. Strategic Education has a consensus price target of $133.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.65%. Given Strategic Education's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Adtalem Global Education.
Adtalem Global Education received 29 more outperform votes than Strategic Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.31% of users gave Adtalem Global Education an outperform vote while only 55.54% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote.
Summary
Adtalem Global Education beats Strategic Education on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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