Afya (AFYA) Competitors $13.68 -0.02 (-0.15%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.66 -0.02 (-0.15%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AFYA vs. GHC, LAUR, DRVN, HTZ, MCW, PRDO, EVGO, IRS, DAO, and UDMYShould you be buying Afya stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afya include Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), EVgo (EVGO), IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), Youdao (DAO), and Udemy (UDMY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry. Afya vs. Its Competitors Graham Laureate Education Driven Brands Hertz Global Mister Car Wash Perdoceo Education EVgo IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones Youdao Udemy Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings. Is AFYA or GHC a better dividend stock? Afya pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Afya pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Graham has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Do analysts prefer AFYA or GHC? Afya currently has a consensus price target of $17.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.19%. Given Afya's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Graham.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Afya 2 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.60Graham 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is AFYA or GHC more profitable? Afya has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Graham's net margin of 14.10%. Afya's return on equity of 19.13% beat Graham's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Afya19.83% 19.13% 9.39% Graham 14.10%6.79%3.81% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AFYA or GHC? Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Afya. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Afya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAfya$612.78M2.09$117.08M$1.3210.36Graham$4.83B0.83$724.63M$155.775.91 Which has more volatility & risk, AFYA or GHC? Afya has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to AFYA or GHC? In the previous week, Graham had 1 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Graham and 9 mentions for Afya. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Afya's score of 0.69 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Afya 1 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Graham 4 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals & insiders believe in AFYA or GHC? 88.0% of Afya shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Afya shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryGraham beats Afya on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Afya News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AFYA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AFYA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AFYA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAfyaSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.28B$1.54B$8.10B$9.51BDividend Yield1.69%4.76%3.25%4.08%P/E Ratio10.3612.3918.9123.80Price / Sales2.091.884.2566.65Price / Cash6.2714.1616.2557.96Price / Book1.602.784.785.55Net Income$117.08M$76.25M$218.39M$259.03M7 Day Performance-5.46%-3.54%-4.70%-4.59%1 Month Performance-22.01%-1.35%38.38%4.46%1 Year Performance-20.97%21.87%19.84%18.03% Afya Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AFYAAfya4.6078 of 5 stars$13.68-0.1%$17.40+27.2%-22.3%$1.28B$612.78M10.369,717Analyst UpgradeGHCGraham3.9263 of 5 stars$882.50-1.5%N/A+24.3%$3.91B$4.79B6.1921,446News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportLAURLaureate Education3.8945 of 5 stars$22.99-5.1%$20.50-10.8%+49.9%$3.61B$1.57B12.2331,800News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeHigh Trading VolumeDRVNDriven Brands3.8822 of 5 stars$17.03-0.2%$21.00+23.3%+15.2%$2.80B$2.34B-9.4110,700Positive NewsHTZHertz GlobalN/A$7.44-1.2%N/A+58.9%$2.30B$8.78B-0.7325,000Gap DownMCWMister Car Wash3.5548 of 5 stars$6.41+1.1%$8.33+30.0%-22.0%$2.08B$1.02B29.146,350Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastPRDOPerdoceo Education4.5915 of 5 stars$28.96-2.3%$40.00+38.1%+20.8%$1.94B$681.26M12.815,690Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastGap UpEVGOEVgo2.1873 of 5 stars$3.84+1.9%$6.13+59.5%-8.8%$1.16B$256.83M-9.37220Upcoming EarningsIRSIRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones1.9549 of 5 stars$14.79+0.4%$13.00-12.1%+55.5%$1.12B$658.73M9.371,401DAOYoudao0.3942 of 5 stars$8.87+0.9%N/A+185.2%$1.05B$782.62M49.283,750News CoverageUDMYUdemy3.0142 of 5 stars$7.25+3.7%$10.05+38.6%-3.3%$1.04B$786.57M-15.761,246Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Analyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Graham Alternatives Laureate Education Alternatives Driven Brands Alternatives Hertz Global Alternatives Mister Car Wash Alternatives Perdoceo Education Alternatives EVgo Alternatives IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones Alternatives Youdao Alternatives Udemy Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:AFYA) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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