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Educational Development (EDUC) Competitors

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EDUC vs. RAVE, GDC, BANL, CGTL, LTCH, DTCK, TAIT, SCNX, HYFM, and COSM

Should you be buying Educational Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Educational Development include Rave Restaurant Group (RAVE), GD Culture Group (GDC), CBL International (BANL), Creative Global Technology (CGTL), Latch (LTCH), Davis Commodities (DTCK), Taitron Components (TAIT), Scienture (SCNX), Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), and Cosmos Health (COSM). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Educational Development vs.

Educational Development (NASDAQ:EDUC) and Rave Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:RAVE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Educational Development has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rave Restaurant Group has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

19.6% of Educational Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Rave Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.2% of Educational Development shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.7% of Rave Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Rave Restaurant Group has a net margin of 21.80% compared to Educational Development's net margin of -15.15%. Rave Restaurant Group's return on equity of 20.68% beat Educational Development's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Educational Development-15.15% -12.71% -6.38%
Rave Restaurant Group 21.80%20.68%16.89%

Rave Restaurant Group received 4 more outperform votes than Educational Development when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.45% of users gave Educational Development an outperform vote while only 74.26% of users gave Rave Restaurant Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Educational DevelopmentOutperform Votes
247
83.45%
Underperform Votes
49
16.55%
Rave Restaurant GroupOutperform Votes
251
74.26%
Underperform Votes
87
25.74%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Educational Development$36.52M0.29$550K-$0.66-1.88
Rave Restaurant Group$12.24M2.96$2.47M$0.1813.67

In the previous week, Educational Development had 26 more articles in the media than Rave Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Educational Development and 2 mentions for Rave Restaurant Group. Rave Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Educational Development's score of 0.04 indicating that Rave Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Educational Development
1 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Rave Restaurant Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Rave Restaurant Group beats Educational Development on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EDUC vs. The Competition

MetricEducational Developmentnondurable goods IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.68M$910.21M$17.22B$8.03B
Dividend YieldN/A8.80%2.92%4.22%
P/E Ratio-1.8857.2615.5518.78
Price / Sales0.290.574.15107.90
Price / Cash4.2821.0016.3934.62
Price / Book0.230.956.274.34
Net Income$550,000.00$28.87M$731.54M$247.93M
7 Day Performance3.67%5.28%1.56%2.60%
1 Month Performance-2.05%2.08%-0.06%4.15%
1 Year Performance-39.02%-30.08%-2.64%5.82%

Educational Development Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDUC
Educational Development
0.6191 of 5 stars
$1.24
+0.7%
N/A-43.1%$10.68M$36.52M-1.88170Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
RAVE
Rave Restaurant Group
2.0219 of 5 stars
$2.46
-1.6%
N/A+23.4%$36.19M$12.24M13.6720Analyst Forecast
GDC
GD Culture Group
1.0161 of 5 stars
$2.45
+3.8%
N/A+277.5%$30.09M$-150,000.00-1.6260Positive News
Gap Down
BANL
CBL International
0.9048 of 5 stars
$1.01
+3.1%
N/A-10.5%$27.78M$592.52M0.0035
CGTL
Creative Global Technology
N/A$1.18
-21.9%
N/AN/A$25.30M$35.61M0.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume
LTCH
Latch
N/A$0.14
flat
N/A-80.0%$23.08M$48.39M0.00420
DTCK
Davis Commodities
0.9773 of 5 stars
$0.67
-3.9%
N/A-36.6%$16.42M$159.84M0.0022Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
TAIT
Taitron Components
2.2275 of 5 stars
$2.19
flat
N/A-30.7%$13.19M$4.14M9.5210Gap Up
SCNX
Scienture
N/A$1.01
+2.0%
N/AN/A$12.64M$136,643.000.00N/A
HYFM
Hydrofarm Holdings Group
3.1824 of 5 stars
$2.47
+0.8%
$7.00
+183.4%
-68.5%$11.49M$190.29M-0.18840
COSM
Cosmos Health
2.4787 of 5 stars
$0.42
-1.2%
N/A-30.8%$11.35M$54.43M-0.17100Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:EDUC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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