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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

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

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.84% compared to Service Corporation International's net margin of 12.58%. Service Corporation International's return on equity of 32.35% beat Laureate Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Laureate Education18.84% 31.57% 15.05%
Service Corporation International 12.58%32.35%3.05%

In the previous week, Service Corporation International had 5 more articles in the media than Laureate Education. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Service Corporation International and 6 mentions for Laureate Education. Service Corporation International's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Laureate Education's score of 0.25 indicating that Service Corporation International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Laureate Education presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.05%. Service Corporation International has a consensus target price of $89.25, indicating a potential upside of 10.51%. Given Service Corporation International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Service Corporation International is more favorable than Laureate Education.

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

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
Laureate Education$1.57B2.27$296.47M$1.8812.69
Service Corporation International$4.19B2.75$518.65M$3.6422.19

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Service Corporation International beats Laureate Education on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LAUR vs. The Competition

MetricLaureate EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.55B$1.63B$8.25B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A5.52%3.17%4.03%
P/E Ratio12.6913.1121.1420.14
Price / Sales2.272.054.02184.08
Price / Cash11.6414.6816.7257.97
Price / Book3.763.044.695.60
Net Income$296.47M$76.25M$212.85M$248.50M
7 Day Performance0.95%2.48%37.47%5.15%
1 Month Performance9.30%12.05%45.62%7.62%
1 Year Performance62.02%29.60%21.19%21.56%

Laureate Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.1112 of 5 stars
$23.85
-1.7%
$20.50
-14.0%
+66.4%$3.55B$1.57B12.6931,800Analyst Downgrade
SCI
Service Corporation International
3.9215 of 5 stars
$81.47
-0.2%
$89.25
+9.5%
+17.5%$11.62B$4.19B22.3824,953News Coverage
Positive News
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1.7455 of 5 stars
$53.95
-0.4%
$52.00
-3.6%
-34.7%$9.19B$4.31B22.7675,005
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.3285 of 5 stars
$10.21
-4.5%
$12.66
+24.0%
-1.6%$6.51B$2.25B72.9323,000Upcoming Earnings
Stock Split
GHC
Graham
4.2195 of 5 stars
$947.21
-1.2%
N/A+34.7%$4.18B$4.79B6.6421,446Positive News
High Trading Volume
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.3479 of 5 stars
$17.56
+0.6%
$21.00
+19.6%
+36.2%$2.87B$2.34B-9.7010,700
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.2611 of 5 stars
$32.69
-0.9%
$40.00
+22.4%
+43.2%$2.16B$681.26M14.465,690
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$6.83
-3.4%
N/A+114.1%$2.11B$8.78B-0.6725,000
MCW
Mister Car Wash
2.6293 of 5 stars
$6.01
-2.1%
$8.50
+41.4%
+0.8%$1.95B$1.02B27.326,350
AFYA
Afya
3.2014 of 5 stars
$17.86
+1.7%
$17.60
-1.5%
-7.7%$1.65B$612.78M13.539,717
EVGO
EVgo
3.1751 of 5 stars
$3.65
-1.9%
$6.00
+64.4%
+20.3%$1.14B$256.83M-8.90220

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This page (NASDAQ:LAUR) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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