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EDUC vs. COSM, LTCH, HYFM, SCNX, DTCK, BANL, TLIH, HWH, HKPD, and MWYN

Should you be buying Educational Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Educational Development include Cosmos Health (COSM), Latch (LTCH), Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), Scienture (SCNX), Davis Commodities (DTCK), CBL International (BANL), Ten-League International (TLIH), HWH International (HWH), Hong Kong Pharma Digital Technology (HKPD), and Marwynn (MWYN). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Educational Development vs. Its Competitors

Cosmos Health (NASDAQ:COSM) and Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Educational Development had 14 more articles in the media than Cosmos Health. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Educational Development and 0 mentions for Cosmos Health. Cosmos Health's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Educational Development's score of 0.05 indicating that Cosmos Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cosmos Health Very Positive
Educational Development Neutral

Educational Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cosmos Health. Educational Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cosmos Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cosmos Health$54.43M0.43-$16.18M-$1.03-0.75
Educational Development$34.19M0.27-$5.26M-$0.61-1.80

12.6% of Cosmos Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.6% of Educational Development shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Cosmos Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Educational Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cosmos Health has a beta of 5.31, meaning that its share price is 431% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Educational Development has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Educational Development has a net margin of -16.17% compared to Cosmos Health's net margin of -27.90%. Educational Development's return on equity of -12.31% beat Cosmos Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cosmos Health-27.90% -18.32% -8.60%
Educational Development -16.17%-12.31%-6.26%

Summary

Educational Development beats Cosmos Health on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EDUC vs. The Competition

MetricEducational DevelopmentPUBLSHG IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.40M$1.22B$82.42B$9.81B
Dividend YieldN/A4.47%3.01%4.48%
P/E Ratio-1.8017.3818.2126.51
Price / Sales0.270.8064.56107.89
Price / CashN/A6.0514.8828.92
Price / Book0.231.665.786.55
Net Income-$5.26M$40.29M$680.19M$266.04M
7 Day Performance1.39%-0.90%802.04%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-17.30%-1.92%795.40%6.02%
1 Year Performance-46.06%-17.68%968.00%21.97%

Educational Development Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDUC
Educational Development
0.8869 of 5 stars
$1.10
-3.1%
N/A-44.3%$9.40M$34.19M-1.80170
COSM
Cosmos Health
2.4473 of 5 stars
$0.80
+0.6%
N/A-32.3%$23.75M$54.43M-0.76100Positive News
Gap Down
LTCH
Latch
N/A$0.14
-6.7%
N/A-70.8%$23.08M$48.39M0.00420Gap Up
HYFM
Hydrofarm Holdings Group
0.9597 of 5 stars
$4.47
-3.7%
N/A+1.7%$20.83M$190.29M-0.33840Positive News
SCNX
Scienture
N/A$0.96
-1.3%
N/AN/A$19.96M$140K0.00N/APositive News
DTCK
Davis Commodities
1.2697 of 5 stars
$0.76
+3.4%
N/A-27.3%$18.50M$132.37M0.0022Positive News
Gap Up
BANL
CBL International
0.8993 of 5 stars
$0.66
+0.0%
N/A-16.7%$18.10M$592.52M0.0035News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
TLIH
Ten-League International
N/A$0.56
+2.4%
N/AN/A$16.56MN/A0.0064Positive News
HWH
HWH International
1.4622 of 5 stars
$2.63
+82.6%
N/A+74.8%$16.54M$1.25M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HKPD
Hong Kong Pharma Digital Technology
N/A$1.37
-9.6%
N/AN/A$15.02MN/A0.0019Positive News
MWYN
Marwynn
N/A$0.82
-0.9%
N/AN/A$13.98M$11.10M0.0027Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:EDUC) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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