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

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

Laureate Education vs.

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

Service Co. International presently has a consensus price target of $89.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.29%. Laureate Education has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.70%. Given Service Co. International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than Laureate Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Service Co. International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Laureate Education
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Service Co. International received 36 more outperform votes than Laureate Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Service Co. InternationalOutperform Votes
339
67.13%
Underperform Votes
166
32.87%
Laureate EducationOutperform Votes
303
57.93%
Underperform Votes
220
42.07%

Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Laureate Education pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Service Co. International pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Laureate Education pays out 36.2% 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 Co. International has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Service Co. International has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Service Co. International's net margin of 12.39%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat Service Co. International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Service Co. International12.39% 32.18% 3.03%
Laureate Education 18.92%32.35%14.39%

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

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 4 more articles in the media than Laureate Education. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Service Co. International and 6 mentions for Laureate Education. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Laureate Education's score of 1.31 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Service Co. International
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Laureate Education
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Service Co. International has higher revenue and earnings than Laureate Education. Laureate Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Service Co. International$4.22B2.57$518.65M$3.6420.91
Laureate Education$1.53B2.12$107.59M$1.8811.56

Summary

Service Co. International beats Laureate Education on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LAUR vs. The Competition

MetricLaureate EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.25B$1.03B$7.81B$8.28B
Dividend YieldN/A6.77%3.25%4.10%
P/E Ratio11.2512.1015.0319.58
Price / Sales2.121.568.07119.65
Price / Cash15.0027.8916.3734.62
Price / Book3.622.464.764.47
Net Income$107.59M$22.13M$257.85M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-5.72%-1.53%-1.49%-1.32%
1 Month Performance10.81%6.38%6.36%10.73%
1 Year Performance35.62%0.96%-2.14%8.40%

Laureate Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2655 of 5 stars
$21.84
+0.3%
$20.50
-6.1%
+36.1%$3.25B$1.53B11.2635,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
SCI
Service Co. International
3.9839 of 5 stars
$78.09
-0.5%
$89.25
+14.3%
+7.5%$11.12B$4.22B22.0017,600Positive News
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.6603 of 5 stars
$48.26
-0.7%
$60.80
+26.0%
-41.5%$8.19B$4.79B20.5453,100Positive News
Gap Down
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.0784 of 5 stars
$10.86
+3.2%
$13.70
+26.2%
-12.3%$6.57B$2.25B57.1616,200Stock Split
Gap Down
GHC
Graham
2.4776 of 5 stars
$959.52
-0.2%
N/A+22.4%$4.18B$4.80B18.7919,500Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.9132 of 5 stars
$18.15
-0.3%
$20.78
+14.5%
+63.0%$2.98B$2.37B453.759,900Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
MCW
Mister Car Wash
2.3936 of 5 stars
$7.59
-2.4%
$8.46
+11.4%
+1.0%$2.47B$1.02B34.506,350Gap Down
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$6.71
+0.8%
N/A+46.1%$2.08B$8.78B-0.6625,000Gap Down
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.6983 of 5 stars
$31.36
+0.0%
$38.00
+21.2%
+32.1%$2.06B$726.00M14.254,500Positive News
AFYA
Afya
2.0476 of 5 stars
$18.81
-3.5%
$17.60
-6.4%
+1.7%$1.76B$3.44B15.178,080
ZVO
Zovio
N/A$40.38
+0.9%
N/AN/A$1.38B$230.00M-32.831,400Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:LAUR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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