LAUR vs. SCI, TAL, GHC, DRVN, PRDO, HTZ, MCW, AFYA, EVGO, and DAO
Should you be buying Laureate Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Laureate Education include Service Corporation International (SCI), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), EVgo (EVGO), and Youdao (DAO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Laureate Education vs. Its Competitors
Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) and Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
96.3% of Laureate Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Laureate Education has a net margin of 16.41% compared to Service Corporation International's net margin of 12.60%. Service Corporation International's return on equity of 32.84% beat Laureate Education's return on equity.
Laureate Education presently has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.03%. Service Corporation International has a consensus price target of $90.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.69%. Given Service Corporation International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Service Corporation International is more favorable than Laureate Education.
Service Corporation International has higher revenue and earnings than Laureate Education. Laureate Education 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.
Laureate Education has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Laureate Education had 9 more articles in the media than Service Corporation International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Laureate Education and 1 mentions for Service Corporation International. Service Corporation International's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Laureate Education's score of 0.69 indicating that Service Corporation International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Service Corporation International beats Laureate Education on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LAUR) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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