DRVN vs. SCI, EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, HTZ, PRDO, MCW, AFYA, and IRS
Should you be buying Driven Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Driven Brands include Service Corporation International (SCI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Hertz Global (HTZ), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), and IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Driven Brands vs. Its Competitors
Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both personal services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Driven Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Service Corporation International currently has a consensus target price of $89.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Driven Brands has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.70%. Given Driven Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than Service Corporation International.
Service Corporation International has a net margin of 12.58% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -12.75%. Service Corporation International's return on equity of 32.35% beat Driven Brands' return on equity.
In the previous week, Service Corporation International had 5 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Service Corporation International and 6 mentions for Driven Brands. Service Corporation International's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.22 indicating that Service Corporation International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Corporation International has higher revenue and earnings than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Corporation International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Service Corporation International beats Driven Brands on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DRVN) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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