AFYA vs. PRDO, LRN, VTRU, ATGE, STRA, NRDY, LAUR, GHC, LOPE, and MBUU
Should you be buying Afya stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afya include Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Stride (LRN), Vitru (VTRU), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Nerdy (NRDY), Laureate Education (LAUR), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and Malibu Boats (MBUU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Afya vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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