APEI vs. REDU, GPX, DL, BEDU, UTI, LINC, BFAM, LOPE, LRN, and STRA
Should you be buying American Public Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Public Education include RISE Education Cayman (REDU), GP Strategies (GPX), China Distance Education (DL), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Stride (LRN), and Strategic Education (STRA).
American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) and RISE Education Cayman (NASDAQ:REDU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
American Public Education presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.38%. Given American Public Education's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Public Education is more favorable than RISE Education Cayman.
American Public Education has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RISE Education Cayman has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.6% of American Public Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of RISE Education Cayman shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of American Public Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, American Public Education had 7 more articles in the media than RISE Education Cayman. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for American Public Education and 0 mentions for RISE Education Cayman. American Public Education's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat RISE Education Cayman's score of 0.00 indicating that American Public Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RISE Education Cayman has a net margin of 0.00% compared to American Public Education's net margin of -6.78%. American Public Education's return on equity of 5.97% beat RISE Education Cayman's return on equity.
American Public Education received 71 more outperform votes than RISE Education Cayman when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave RISE Education Cayman an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave American Public Education an outperform vote.
RISE Education Cayman has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Public Education. RISE Education Cayman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Public Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Public Education beats RISE Education Cayman on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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