New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) and WillScot Mobile Mini (NASDAQ:WSC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares New Oriental Education & Technology Group and WillScot Mobile Mini's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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New Oriental Education & Technology Group | 10.85% | 12.98% | 5.61% |
WillScot Mobile Mini | 1.70% | 6.95% | 1.60% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for New Oriental Education & Technology Group and WillScot Mobile Mini, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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New Oriental Education & Technology Group | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.14 |
WillScot Mobile Mini | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.90 |
New Oriental Education & Technology Group presently has a consensus target price of $177.2857, suggesting a potential upside of 1,107.67%. WillScot Mobile Mini has a consensus target price of $27.30, suggesting a potential downside of 4.31%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than WillScot Mobile Mini.
Volatility & Risk
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WillScot Mobile Mini has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares New Oriental Education & Technology Group and WillScot Mobile Mini's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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New Oriental Education & Technology Group | $3.58 billion | 7.03 | $413.33 million | $2.59 | 5.67 |
WillScot Mobile Mini | $1.06 billion | 6.14 | $-11,120,000.00 | $0.23 | 124.04 |
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than WillScot Mobile Mini. New Oriental Education & Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WillScot Mobile Mini, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
80.7% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.5% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats WillScot Mobile Mini on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.