Afya (AFYA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AFYA or TAL?

Afya presently has a consensus target price of $17.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.22%. TAL Education Group has a consensus target price of $13.70, indicating a potential upside of 23.70%. Given TAL Education Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Afya.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Afya	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.40
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFYA or TAL?

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 53.23% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 53.23%	Underperform Votes 58 46.77%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%

Does the media favor AFYA or TAL?

In the previous week, Afya had 4 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Afya and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. TAL Education Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Afya's score of 0.15 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
Afya	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AFYA or TAL?

Afya has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AFYA or TAL 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
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%
TAL Education Group	5.77%	3.22%	2.23%

Is AFYA or TAL a better dividend stock?

Afya pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. Afya pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AFYA or TAL?

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
Afya	$3.44B	0.52	$77.38M	$1.32	14.37
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.98	-$3.57M	$0.14	79.11

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AFYA or TAL?

88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Afya shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Afya and TAL Education Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.