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Bright Scholar Education (BEDU) Competitors

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$2.00
+0.14 (+7.53%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

BEDU vs. VSTA, EM, QSG, CHGG, NRDY, HCMA, STG, COE, AZI, and YQ

Should you be buying Bright Scholar Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Scholar Education include Vasta Platform (VSTA), Smart Share Global (EM), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Chegg (CHGG), Nerdy (NRDY), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), Autozi Internet Technology (Global) (AZI), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Bright Scholar Education vs.

Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) and Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Bright Scholar Education received 200 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Bright Scholar Education an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vasta PlatformOutperform Votes
11
44.00%
Underperform Votes
14
56.00%
Bright Scholar EducationOutperform Votes
211
60.63%
Underperform Votes
137
39.37%

In the previous week, Vasta Platform had 3 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vasta Platform and 2 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of -0.50 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vasta Platform
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bright Scholar Education
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Vasta Platform has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bright Scholar Education. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Scholar Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vasta Platform$1.57B0.13-$16.78M-$0.05-52.00
Bright Scholar Education$2.21B0.03-$54.44M-$1.55-1.29

15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vasta Platform presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 73.08%. Given Vasta Platform's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Bright Scholar Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vasta Platform
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Bright Scholar Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Vasta Platform has a net margin of -2.82% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -15.84%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 1.82% beat Bright Scholar Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vasta Platform-2.82% 1.82% 1.11%
Bright Scholar Education -15.84%-0.34%-0.12%

Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vasta Platform beats Bright Scholar Education on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BEDU vs. The Competition

MetricBright Scholar EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.45M$895.93M$8.02B$19.17B
Dividend YieldN/A6.40%2.74%3.52%
P/E Ratio-1.2010.6017.7531.74
Price / Sales0.031.1231.2517.87
Price / CashN/A22.6015.0020.46
Price / Book0.271.675.385.38
Net Income-$54.44M$21.72M$246.56M$984.37M
7 Day Performance5.26%-0.44%0.14%-0.54%
1 Month Performance-1.48%-4.55%1.05%-0.97%
1 Year Performance83.47%7.37%66.27%29.31%

Bright Scholar Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEDU
Bright Scholar Education
0.5041 of 5 stars
$2.00
+7.5%
N/A+69.1%$59.45M$2.21B-1.203,946Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
VSTA
Vasta Platform
3.2221 of 5 stars
$2.63
+1.2%
$4.50
+71.1%
-34.5%$213.03M$297.72M-52.592,012Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
EM
Smart Share Global
3.1231 of 5 stars
$0.75
+1.4%
$1.00
+33.3%
-0.6%$194.69M$416.72M25.013,198Positive News
QSG
QuantaSing Group
N/A$3.45
+28.7%
N/A+37.4%$176.67M$522.26M3.711,029Gap Up
CHGG
Chegg
4.8822 of 5 stars
$1.71
+6.2%
$5.25
+207.9%
-81.3%$174.28M$683.34M-0.281,979Short Interest ↑
NRDY
Nerdy
3.1622 of 5 stars
$0.94
-1.1%
$3.58
+280.3%
-69.9%$167.37M$193.40M-2.85700Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$7.79
flat
N/A-33.0%$110.17MN/A0.00N/A
STG
Sunlands Technology Group
1.4514 of 5 stars
$7.09
-1.5%
N/A+16.8%$97.28M$304.17M1.462,113Gap Up
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
N/A$15.62
-0.3%
N/A+97.2%$89.38M$35.71M-6.62620Gap Up
AZI
Autozi Internet Technology (Global)
N/A$0.77
-1.1%
N/AN/A$80.95M$117.73M0.0083Positive News
Gap Down
YQ
17 Education & Technology Group
N/A$2.06
-3.7%
N/A-27.2%$79.80M$24.08M-0.464,660High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:BEDU) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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