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NASDAQ:AFYA

Afya (AFYA) Competitors

$12.88
+0.04 (+0.31%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$12.75
$13.00
50-Day Range
$10.32
$13.54
52-Week Range
$8.73
$17.02
Volume
73,769 shs
Average Volume
250,928 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.21 billion
P/E Ratio
16.73
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$15.75

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.

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

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%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Perdoceo Education$695.21 million1.22$95.87 million$1.428.85
Afya$451.09 million2.69$72.36 million$0.7716.81

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Perdoceo EducationOutperform Votes
32
52.46%
Underperform Votes
29
47.54%
AfyaOutperform Votes
65
57.52%
Underperform Votes
48
42.48%

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

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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AFYA vs. The Competition

MetricAfyaEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.21B$593.61M$6.94B$6.30B
Dividend YieldN/A7.86%2.86%6.18%
P/E Ratio16.8115.8312.1512.11
Price / Sales2.691.428.7188.73
Price / Cash8.869.6619.55113.43
Price / Book1.931.494.965.32
Net Income$72.36M-$17.88M$214.43M$192.87M
7 Day Performance2.86%1.44%3.12%1.93%
1 Month Performance12.72%-3.10%2.54%5.56%
1 Year Performance10.22%-9.86%-5.89%3.45%

Afya Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.0623 of 5 stars
$12.35
+2.6%
$19.00
+53.8%
+16.2%$833.63M$695.21M8.704,500Positive News
LRN
Stride
1.974 of 5 stars
$42.06
+1.3%
$48.00
+14.1%
+10.9%$1.81B$1.81B16.117,500
VTRU
Vitru
2.47 of 5 stars
$15.80
+2.6%
$22.75
+44.0%
-4.0%$533.88M$255.14M21.3510,177
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
1.8641 of 5 stars
$42.13
+2.1%
$44.67
+6.0%
+23.9%$1.84B$1.39B24.074,682News Coverage
STRA
Strategic Education
2.3364 of 5 stars
$76.90
+3.1%
$95.50
+24.2%
+18.1%$1.89B$1.07B49.303,907
NRDY
Nerdy
2.2327 of 5 stars
$2.75
+7.4%
$4.75
+72.7%
-4.0%$459.97M$162.66M-6.401,000News Coverage
LAUR
Laureate Education
2.2038 of 5 stars
$12.46
+1.0%
$15.00
+20.4%
-0.6%$1.96B$1.24B23.9635,000
GHC
Graham
2.2729 of 5 stars
$582.49
+3.9%
N/A-2.8%$2.76B$3.92B117.206,500
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
2.7962 of 5 stars
$105.74
+2.1%
$133.00
+25.8%
+17.3%$3.25B$911.31M17.625,500Positive News
MBUU
Malibu Boats
1.9104 of 5 stars
$57.53
+7.1%
$70.43
+22.4%
+0.6%$1.18B$1.21B6.993,015News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:AFYA) was last updated on 6/9/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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