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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NASDAQ:LAUR) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
