VTRU vs. NRDY, APEI, QSG, PRDO, ATGE, AFYA, RICK, RSVR, LIND, and FUBO
Should you be buying Vitru stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitru include Nerdy (NRDY), American Public Education (APEI), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Afya (AFYA), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), and fuboTV (FUBO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Vitru (NASDAQ:VTRU) and Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Vitru has a net margin of 5.44% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -20.77%. Vitru's return on equity of 10.95% beat Nerdy's return on equity.
Nerdy received 12 more outperform votes than Vitru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.62% of users gave Vitru an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave Nerdy an outperform vote.
74.5% of Vitru shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of Nerdy shares are held 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.
Vitru has higher revenue and earnings than Nerdy. Nerdy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitru, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Nerdy had 2 more articles in the media than Vitru. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Nerdy and 8 mentions for Vitru. Vitru's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Nerdy's score of 0.58 indicating that Vitru is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vitru currently has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.34%. Nerdy has a consensus target price of $4.71, suggesting a potential upside of 61.17%. Given Nerdy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Vitru.
Vitru has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nerdy has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vitru beats Nerdy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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