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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	2.56	$136.78M	$6.03	19.82
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.73B	2.62	$140.19M	$2.77	45.12

Do analysts rate ATGE or BFAM?

Adtalem Global Education currently has a consensus price target of $135.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.69%. Given Adtalem Global Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Adtalem Global Education is more favorable than Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

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

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, ATGE or BFAM?

Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ATGE or BFAM?

In the previous week, Adtalem Global Education had 6 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Adtalem Global Education and 4 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Adtalem Global Education's score of 0.86 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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%

Do insiders and institutionals 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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