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$17.23 -1.11 (-6.05%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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AFYA vs. TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, EVGO, UDMY, and IRS

Should you be buying Afya stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afya include TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), EVgo (EVGO), Udemy (UDMY), and IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Afya vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Afya and Afya both had 3 articles in the media. Afya's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Afya is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Afya currently has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential upside of 2.15%. TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 26.82%. 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Afya has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Afya$612.78M2.64$117.08M$1.3213.05
TAL Education Group$2.25B2.78$84.59M$0.1473.92

Afya has a net margin of 19.83% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 3.76%. Afya's return on equity of 19.13% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Afya19.83% 19.13% 9.39%
TAL Education Group 3.76%2.26%1.54%

Afya has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TAL Education Group received 459 more outperform votes than Afya when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote while only 52.76% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AfyaOutperform Votes
67
52.76%
Underperform Votes
60
47.24%
TAL Education GroupOutperform Votes
526
61.52%
Underperform Votes
329
38.48%

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

Summary

TAL Education Group beats Afya on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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

MetricAfyaSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.61B$1.64B$8.21B$8.53B
Dividend Yield1.35%5.64%3.34%4.21%
P/E Ratio13.0513.3219.4419.17
Price / Sales2.641.843.41110.19
Price / Cash7.8915.3813.9826.73
Price / Book2.023.054.475.78
Net Income$117.08M$76.27M$242.42M$248.44M
7 Day Performance-5.80%0.89%-0.16%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-8.69%1.78%7.82%3.92%
1 Year Performance3.55%37.05%6.70%15.59%

Afya Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFYA
Afya
2.6404 of 5 stars
$17.23
-6.1%
$17.60
+2.1%
+3.5%$1.61B$612.78M13.059,717Trending News
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.8384 of 5 stars
$10.55
+1.0%
$13.13
+24.4%
+1.3%$6.38B$2.25B55.5416,200Stock Split
GHC
Graham
4.2708 of 5 stars
$959.02
+2.2%
N/A+33.8%$4.18B$4.80B18.7819,500High Trading Volume
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2238 of 5 stars
$22.40
+1.3%
$20.50
-8.5%
+60.8%$3.33B$1.53B11.5535,000Positive News
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DRVN
Driven Brands
3.3384 of 5 stars
$17.05
+1.0%
$20.78
+21.9%
+41.9%$2.80B$2.37B426.259,900
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.1907 of 5 stars
$31.83
-0.1%
$40.00
+25.7%
+54.1%$2.09B$726.00M14.474,500
MCW
Mister Car Wash
2.3361 of 5 stars
$6.17
-2.4%
$8.50
+37.8%
-15.0%$2.00B$1.02B28.056,350
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.92
+0.9%
N/A+51.1%$1.83B$8.78B-0.5825,000Gap Up
EVGO
EVgo
2.2199 of 5 stars
$4.59
+7.0%
$6.00
+30.7%
+92.6%$1.41B$276.95M-10.93220
UDMY
Udemy
3.634 of 5 stars
$7.03
+1.9%
$10.05
+42.9%
-14.2%$1.05B$790.02M-12.331,680
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
2.722 of 5 stars
$13.75
-1.4%
$13.00
-5.5%
+56.2%$1.04B$331.56B-3.221,401Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:AFYA) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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