Afya (AFYA) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer PRDO or AFYA?

In the previous week, Afya had 1 more articles in the media than Perdoceo Education. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Afya and 1 mentions for Perdoceo Education. Perdoceo Education's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Afya's score of 0.00 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is PRDO or AFYA more profitable?

Afya has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Perdoceo Education's net margin of 13.88%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 16.28% beat Afya's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perdoceo Education	13.88%	16.28%	12.78%
Afya	14.63%	15.00%	6.81%

Which has better valuation & earnings, PRDO or AFYA?

Perdoceo Education has higher revenue and earnings than Afya. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Afya, 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
Perdoceo Education	$695.21 million	1.22	$95.87 million	$1.42	8.85
Afya	$451.09 million	2.69	$72.36 million	$0.77	16.81

Do analysts prefer PRDO or AFYA?

Perdoceo Education presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.15%. Afya has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.66%. Given Perdoceo Education's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perdoceo Education is more favorable than Afya.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perdoceo Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Afya	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRDO or AFYA?

Afya received 33 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.52% of users gave Afya an outperform vote while only 52.46% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perdoceo Education	Outperform Votes 32 52.46%	Underperform Votes 29 47.54%
Afya	Outperform Votes 65 57.52%	Underperform Votes 48 42.48%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PRDO or AFYA?

91.0% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Afya shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, PRDO or AFYA?

Perdoceo Education has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Perdoceo Education beats Afya on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.