APEI vs. UTI, LINC, BFAM, LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, AFYA, UDMY, and DAO
Should you be buying American Public Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Public Education include Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Afya (AFYA), Udemy (UDMY), and Youdao (DAO).
American Public Education vs.
American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) and Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Universal Technical Institute has higher revenue and earnings than American Public Education. American Public Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Technical Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Public Education has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Public Education had 13 more articles in the media than Universal Technical Institute. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for American Public Education and 8 mentions for Universal Technical Institute. Universal Technical Institute's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat American Public Education's score of 0.40 indicating that Universal Technical Institute is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Technical Institute has a net margin of 7.08% compared to American Public Education's net margin of 2.64%. Universal Technical Institute's return on equity of 21.25% beat American Public Education's return on equity.
American Public Education received 72 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave American Public Education an outperform vote while only 60.86% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
American Public Education currently has a consensus price target of $31.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.01%. Universal Technical Institute has a consensus price target of $35.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.14%. Given American Public Education's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Public Education is more favorable than Universal Technical Institute.
79.6% of American Public Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of American Public Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Universal Technical Institute beats American Public Education on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APEI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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