Afya (AFYA) 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.

Does the media favor AFYA or TAL?

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

Do analysts rate AFYA or TAL?

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AFYA or TAL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Afya	$612.78M	2.64	$117.08M	$1.32	13.05
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.78	$84.59M	$0.14	73.92

Is AFYA or TAL more profitable?

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
Afya	19.83%	19.13%	9.39%
TAL Education Group	3.76%	2.26%	1.54%

Which has more volatility and risk, AFYA or TAL?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFYA or TAL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Afya	Outperform Votes 67 52.76%	Underperform Votes 60 47.24%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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. 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.