LAUR vs. UHAL, SCI, EDU, TAL, GHC, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, HTZ, and AFYA
Should you be buying Laureate Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Laureate Education include U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ (UHAL), Service Co. International (SCI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Afya (AFYA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Laureate Education vs. Its Competitors
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ (NYSE:UHAL) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) are both services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s net margin of 0.00%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s return on equity.
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Laureate Education has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.32%. Given Laureate Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Laureate Education is more favorable than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/.
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ has higher revenue and earnings than Laureate Education. Laureate Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Laureate Education had 3 more articles in the media than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Laureate Education and 3 mentions for U-Haul Holding Co /NV/. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s score of -0.37 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3.6% of U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are owned 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.
Laureate Education received 303 more outperform votes than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.93% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ an outperform vote.
Summary
Laureate Education beats U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LAUR) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
