Afya (AFYA) Competitors

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to TAL or AFYA?

In the previous week, Afya had 9 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Afya and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. Afya's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat TAL Education Group's score of -0.24 indicating that Afya is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Afya	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TAL or AFYA?

TAL Education Group received 460 more outperform votes than Afya when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote while only 52.38% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 52.38%	Underperform Votes 60 47.62%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TAL or AFYA?

Afya has higher revenue and earnings than TAL Education Group. Afya is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, 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
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.88	-$3.57M	$0.14	76.64
Afya	$3.44B	0.49	$77.38M	$1.32	13.63

Which has more risk & volatility, TAL or AFYA?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TAL or AFYA a better dividend stock?

TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. Afya pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. TAL Education Group pays out 1,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Afya pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is TAL or AFYA more profitable?

Afya has a net margin of 18.42% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 5.77%. Afya's return on equity of 19.15% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	5.77%	3.22%	2.23%
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%

Do analysts recommend TAL or AFYA?

TAL Education Group currently has a consensus target price of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 22.32%. Afya has a consensus target price of $17.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.17%. Given TAL Education Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Afya.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Afya	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.40

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

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Afya shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Afya beats TAL Education Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.