RISE Education Cayman (REDU) Competitors

RISE Education Cayman (NASDAQ:REDU) and Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REDU or BEDU?

RISE Education Cayman received 53 more outperform votes than Bright Scholar Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave RISE Education Cayman an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Bright Scholar Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RISE Education Cayman	Outperform Votes 264 63.16%	Underperform Votes 154 36.84%
Bright Scholar Education	Outperform Votes 211 60.63%	Underperform Votes 137 39.37%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in REDU or BEDU?

1.0% of RISE Education Cayman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to REDU or BEDU?

In the previous week, Bright Scholar Education had 3 more articles in the media than RISE Education Cayman. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bright Scholar Education and 0 mentions for RISE Education Cayman. Bright Scholar Education's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat RISE Education Cayman's score of 0.00 indicating that Bright Scholar Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
RISE Education Cayman	Neutral
Bright Scholar Education	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, REDU or BEDU?

RISE Education Cayman has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bright Scholar Education.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RISE Education Cayman	$146.89M	0.42	-$38.99M	-$0.14	-7.36
Bright Scholar Education	$292.60M	0.19	-$54.44M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend REDU or BEDU?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RISE Education Cayman	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Bright Scholar Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is REDU or BEDU more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RISE Education Cayman	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bright Scholar Education	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, REDU or BEDU?

RISE Education Cayman has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RISE Education Cayman and Bright Scholar Education tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.