LINC vs. REDU, GPX, DL, RYB, TEDU, UTI, APEI, BFAM, LOPE, and LRN
Should you be buying Lincoln Educational Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Educational Services include RISE Education Cayman (REDU), GP Strategies (GPX), China Distance Education (DL), RYB Education (RYB), Tarena International (TEDU), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), American Public Education (APEI), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and Stride (LRN).
RISE Education Cayman (NASDAQ:REDU) and Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Lincoln Educational Services had 10 more articles in the media than RISE Education Cayman. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services and 0 mentions for RISE Education Cayman. RISE Education Cayman's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Lincoln Educational Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Lincoln Educational Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lincoln Educational Services has a consensus target price of $14.38, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given RISE Education Cayman's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than RISE Education Cayman.
Lincoln Educational Services has higher revenue and earnings than RISE Education Cayman. RISE Education Cayman is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Educational Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln Educational Services received 10 more outperform votes than RISE Education Cayman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave RISE Education Cayman an outperform vote.
RISE Education Cayman has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.0% of RISE Education Cayman shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lincoln Educational Services has a net margin of 6.57% compared to Lincoln Educational Services' net margin of 0.00%. RISE Education Cayman's return on equity of 9.79% beat Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity.
Summary
Lincoln Educational Services beats RISE Education Cayman on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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