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LAUR vs. SCI, EDU, TAL, GHC, DRVN, PRDO, HTZ, MCW, AFYA, and EVGO

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

Laureate Education vs. Its Competitors

Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Service Corporation International$4.25B2.72$518.65M$3.6922.30
Laureate Education$1.55B2.81$296.47M$1.7017.42

85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Service Corporation International 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Service Corporation International12.60% 32.84% 3.05%
Laureate Education 16.41%29.46%14.61%

Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Service Corporation International and Service Corporation International both had 4 articles in the media. Service Corporation International's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Laureate Education's score of 0.36 indicating that Service Corporation International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Service Corporation International
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Laureate Education
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Service Corporation International presently has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.79%. Laureate Education has a consensus target price of $29.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.41%. Given Service Corporation International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Service Corporation International is more favorable than Laureate Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Service Corporation International
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Laureate Education
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Service Corporation International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Laureate Education pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Service Corporation International pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Laureate Education pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Service Corporation International has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Summary

Service Corporation International beats Laureate Education on 13 of the 18 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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LAUR vs. The Competition

MetricLaureate EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.39B$1.75B$8.40B$10.45B
Dividend YieldN/A4.68%3.12%4.77%
P/E Ratio17.4213.1618.2027.36
Price / Sales2.812.046.37137.58
Price / Cash14.3215.3916.2861.86
Price / Book4.662.875.016.81
Net Income$296.47M$85.03M$256.64M$276.80M
7 Day Performance1.89%-0.08%-0.30%0.42%
1 Month Performance0.03%-3.80%-3.03%7.86%
1 Year Performance89.14%27.09%34.18%41.24%

Laureate Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0711 of 5 stars
$29.62
-0.6%
$29.50
-0.4%
+91.6%$4.39B$1.55B17.4231,800
SCI
Service Corporation International
3.7055 of 5 stars
$81.41
+0.7%
$92.00
+13.0%
+9.1%$11.34B$4.19B22.0624,953Analyst Forecast
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1.7471 of 5 stars
$52.66
+2.4%
$56.87
+8.0%
-16.1%$8.82B$4.90B23.4084,111Gap Up
TAL
TAL Education Group
2.1946 of 5 stars
$10.51
+4.4%
$12.66
+20.5%
+8.1%$6.13B$2.25B61.8023,000News Coverage
Stock Split
High Trading Volume
GHC
Graham
3.2987 of 5 stars
$952.71
-0.1%
N/A+17.2%$4.16B$4.79B6.1221,446
DRVN
Driven Brands
4.5433 of 5 stars
$15.13
+5.8%
$21.60
+42.8%
+12.7%$2.35B$2.34B-8.9010,700Analyst Forecast
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.7135 of 5 stars
$34.50
-0.3%
$42.00
+21.7%
+64.7%$2.25B$681.26M14.945,690
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.49
-2.0%
N/A+90.8%$1.74B$8.61B-0.6625,000
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.3278 of 5 stars
$4.68
-0.8%
$8.09
+72.9%
-26.1%$1.54B$1.03B21.276,350News Coverage
AFYA
Afya
4.6318 of 5 stars
$14.42
+0.2%
$18.20
+26.2%
-9.6%$1.35B$612.78M10.929,717
EVGO
EVgo
2.4779 of 5 stars
$4.80
+12.4%
$5.82
+21.2%
-40.2%$1.31B$256.83M-11.71220Analyst Forecast

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