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$18.06 +0.16 (+0.87%)
As of 07/3/2025 02:41 PM Eastern
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DRVN vs. EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, and IRS

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

Driven Brands vs. Its Competitors

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both mid-cap personal services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Driven Brands had 13 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Driven Brands and 2 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.19 indicating that New Oriental Education & Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Driven Brands
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

New Oriental Education & Technology Group presently has a consensus target price of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.33%. Driven Brands has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.31%. Given Driven Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than New Oriental Education & Technology Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Driven Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Oriental Education & Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
New Oriental Education & Technology Group$4.31B2.02$309.59M$2.3721.65
Driven Brands$2.34B1.27-$292.50M-$1.81-9.98

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a net margin of 8.17% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -12.75%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 19.61% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
New Oriental Education & Technology Group8.17% 9.91% 5.31%
Driven Brands -12.75%19.61%2.79%

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Driven Brands 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.

Summary

New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats Driven Brands on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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DRVN vs. The Competition

MetricDriven BrandsRET/WHL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.97B$22.59B$26.48B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.59%175.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio-9.9819.6329.7720.25
Price / Sales1.271.984.66118.23
Price / Cash8.5615.5648.8358.07
Price / Book4.887.925.935.67
Net Income-$292.50M$754.61M$872.48M$249.21M
7 Day Performance3.47%4.57%3.97%3.28%
1 Month Performance2.88%2.22%4.43%5.55%
1 Year Performance36.78%10.52%21.35%21.08%

Driven Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.3557 of 5 stars
$18.06
+0.9%
$21.00
+16.3%
+38.2%$2.97B$2.34B-9.9810,700News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1.4747 of 5 stars
$49.13
+5.4%
$48.50
-1.3%
-37.7%$7.91B$4.31B20.7375,005Positive News
TAL
TAL Education Group
2.4737 of 5 stars
$10.57
+2.2%
$13.13
+24.2%
-7.0%$6.25B$2.25B75.5015,000Stock Split
GHC
Graham
4.2054 of 5 stars
$967.19
+1.7%
N/A+35.7%$4.14B$4.79B6.7821,446Positive News
High Trading Volume
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2906 of 5 stars
$23.03
+2.4%
$20.50
-11.0%
+63.5%$3.35B$1.57B12.2531,800News Coverage
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.8002 of 5 stars
$33.05
+2.7%
$40.00
+21.0%
+50.6%$2.11B$681.26M14.625,690
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.3981 of 5 stars
$6.43
+4.7%
$8.50
+32.2%
-5.9%$2.09B$1.02B29.236,350
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$6.42
+4.4%
N/A+108.1%$1.99B$8.78B-0.6325,000News Coverage
AFYA
Afya
3.1682 of 5 stars
$17.48
+1.5%
$17.60
+0.7%
+2.0%$1.61B$612.78M13.249,717
EVGO
EVgo
2.3516 of 5 stars
$3.79
-3.1%
$6.00
+58.3%
+39.9%$1.20B$256.83M-9.24220
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
3.1062 of 5 stars
$13.96
+0.6%
$13.00
-6.9%
+71.3%$1.05B$658.73M8.851,401News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:DRVN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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