Adtalem Global Education (ATGE) Competitors

Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATGE or BFAM?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adtalem Global Education	$1.74B	2.74	$136.78M	$6.03	21.26
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.73B	2.65	$140.19M	$2.77	45.63

Do analysts rate ATGE or BFAM?

Adtalem Global Education presently has a consensus target price of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.82%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus target price of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.44%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Adtalem Global Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adtalem Global Education	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ATGE or BFAM?

98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATGE or BFAM more profitable?

Adtalem Global Education has a net margin of 12.34% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Adtalem Global Education's return on equity of 16.82% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adtalem Global Education	12.34%	16.82%	8.44%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	5.22%	13.63%	4.62%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATGE or BFAM?

Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ATGE or BFAM?

In the previous week, Adtalem Global Education had 4 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Adtalem Global Education and 10 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Adtalem Global Education's score of 1.54 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adtalem Global Education	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATGE or BFAM?

Adtalem Global Education received 4 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.61% of users gave Adtalem Global Education an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adtalem Global Education	Outperform Votes 422 58.61%	Underperform Votes 298 41.39%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Outperform Votes 418 57.10%	Underperform Votes 314 42.90%

Summary

Adtalem Global Education beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.