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ATGE vs. BFAM, LRN, LOPE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, EDU, TAL, and GHC

Should you be buying Adtalem Global Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adtalem Global Education include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), and Graham (GHC).

Adtalem Global Education vs.

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 dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Adtalem Global Education received 2 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.50% of users gave Adtalem Global Education an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Adtalem Global EducationOutperform Votes
420
58.50%
Underperform Votes
298
41.50%
Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes
418
57.18%
Underperform Votes
313
42.82%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adtalem Global Education$1.69B2.53$136.78M$5.3721.34
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.74$140.19M$2.4053.43

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 Education12.34% 16.82% 8.44%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.22%13.63%4.62%

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

Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Adtalem Global Education currently has a consensus price target of $110.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.03%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.36%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
4 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

In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Adtalem Global Education. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 11 mentions for Adtalem Global Education. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Adtalem Global Education's score of 1.10 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats Adtalem Global Education on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATGE vs. The Competition

MetricAdtalem Global EducationEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.27B$1.01B$7.66B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A7.32%3.39%4.00%
P/E Ratio21.3411.2216.7333.45
Price / Sales2.531.577.5129.18
Price / Cash11.6527.8916.4217.52
Price / Book3.152.574.554.55
Net Income$136.78M$22.13M$261.05M$1.02B
7 Day Performance8.68%5.54%2.12%2.25%
1 Month Performance13.51%6.64%3.62%2.90%
1 Year Performance90.78%-0.79%-4.21%4.62%

Adtalem Global Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.1083 of 5 stars
$114.62
+6.9%
$123.33
+7.6%
+118.8%$4.27B$1.69B21.344,680Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
3.6442 of 5 stars
$121.25
+0.5%
$137.67
+13.5%
+23.0%$6.96B$2.69B50.5225,800Insider Trade
Positive News
LRN
Stride
1.1351 of 5 stars
$141.25
+0.2%
$123.50
-12.6%
+133.4%$6.15B$2.19B23.587,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.5917 of 5 stars
$175.92
+0.2%
$197.67
+12.4%
+39.0%$5.05B$1.03B22.735,500Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
STRA
Strategic Education
4.5296 of 5 stars
$80.40
-0.7%
$107.67
+33.9%
-28.2%$1.98B$1.22B15.313,910Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
2.9939 of 5 stars
$27.94
-0.2%
$32.17
+15.1%
+91.0%$1.52B$759.42M28.801,950Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
3.9559 of 5 stars
$17.14
-1.4%
$21.60
+26.0%
+62.9%$541.50M$440.06M53.562,060Short Interest ↑
Positive News
APEI
American Public Education
4.1246 of 5 stars
$24.95
+4.1%
$26.50
+6.2%
+72.8%$450.00M$624.56M44.555,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.3933 of 5 stars
$46.98
+0.4%
$60.80
+29.4%
-38.5%$7.97B$4.79B19.9953,100
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.9599 of 5 stars
$9.16
flat
$13.70
+49.6%
-30.3%$5.54B$2.25B48.2116,200Stock Split
Gap Up
GHC
Graham
3.076 of 5 stars
$924.29
+1.0%
N/A+30.6%$4.01B$4.79B18.1019,500Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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