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NASDAQ:VTRU

Vitru (VTRU) Competitors

$15.80
+0.72 (+4.77%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$15.27
$16.21
50-Day Range
$12.80
$23.20
52-Week Range
$11.65
$23.99
Volume
29,435 shs
Average Volume
24,272 shs
Market Capitalization
$533.88 million
P/E Ratio
21.35
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$22.75

VTRU vs. NRDY, QSG, PRDO, UTI, LINC, BEDU, IH, AFYA, LRN, and ATGE

Should you be buying Vitru stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitru include Nerdy (NRDY), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), Bright Scholar Education (BEDU), iHuman (IH), Afya (AFYA), Stride (LRN), and Adtalem Global Education (ATGE). These companies are all part of the "educational services" industry.

Vitru vs.

Vitru (NASDAQ:VTRU) and Nerdy (NYSE:NRDY) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Nerdy received 3 more outperform votes than Vitru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.71% of users gave Vitru an outperform vote while only 54.05% of users gave Nerdy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VitruOutperform Votes
17
60.71%
Underperform Votes
11
39.29%
NerdyOutperform Votes
20
54.05%
Underperform Votes
17
45.95%

Vitru has a net margin of 7.94% compared to Nerdy's net margin of -22.73%. Vitru's return on equity of 13.30% beat Nerdy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vitru 7.94% 13.30% 4.56%
Nerdy -22.73% -96.19% -56.74%

Vitru has a beta of -0.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nerdy has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vitru currently has a consensus target price of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 43.99%. Nerdy has a consensus target price of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 83.75%. Given Nerdy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nerdy is more favorable than Vitru.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vitru
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Nerdy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Nerdy had 1 more articles in the media than Vitru. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nerdy and 2 mentions for Vitru. Vitru's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Nerdy's score of 0.18 indicating that Vitru is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vitru
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nerdy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

53.0% of Vitru shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Nerdy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vitru shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of Nerdy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vitru$255.14 million2.09$18.08 million$0.7421.35
Nerdy$162.66 million2.65-$35.40 million-$0.43-6.00

Summary

Vitru beats Nerdy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VTRU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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VTRU vs. The Competition

MetricVitruEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$533.88M$640.07M$6.71B$6.23B
Dividend YieldN/A7.59%3.01%6.37%
P/E Ratio21.3515.5911.8611.26
Price / Sales2.091.478.5188.72
Price / Cash6.669.2018.71105.95
Price / Book1.241.575.326.89
Net Income$18.08M-$17.88M$213.24M$193.33M
7 Day Performance0.25%0.33%2.17%2.28%
1 Month Performance22.77%-5.80%0.20%5.08%
1 Year Performance-8.03%-9.30%-7.84%1.68%

Vitru Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NRDY
Nerdy
1.9727 of 5 stars
$3.12
-2.2%
$4.75
+52.2%
-13.3%$521.85M$162.66M-7.261,000
QSG
QuantaSing Group
0 of 5 stars
$8.25
+11.3%
N/AN/A$454.41MN/A0.002,269Earnings Report
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.1745 of 5 stars
$12.29
-0.1%
$19.00
+54.6%
+14.5%$829.58M$695.21M8.654,500Positive News
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
2.8587 of 5 stars
$6.64
+1.4%
$9.75
+46.8%
-30.4%$226.23M$418.77M83.011,950
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
2.3933 of 5 stars
$6.55
-2.7%
$7.83
+19.6%
+16.8%$205.28M$348.29M17.702,121
BEDU
Bright Scholar Education
0 of 5 stars
$1.64
-3.5%
N/A-47.7%$195.47M$248.93M0.003,025Gap Up
IH
iHuman
0 of 5 stars
$3.09
-11.5%
N/A+5.1%$165.53M$142.89M10.301,119News Coverage
AFYA
Afya
2.6354 of 5 stars
$11.84
-0.3%
$15.75
+33.0%
+4.5%$1.11B$451.09M14.808,708
LRN
Stride
1.9281 of 5 stars
$41.42
-0.7%
$48.00
+15.9%
+5.3%$1.78B$1.69B15.877,500
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
1.8621 of 5 stars
$42.30
-1.4%
$44.67
+5.6%
+29.2%$1.84B$1.39B24.174,682Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:VTRU) was last updated on 6/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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