ATGE vs. LRN, BFAM, LOPE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, TAL, GHC, and LAUR
Should you be buying Adtalem Global Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adtalem Global Education include Stride (LRN), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), and Laureate Education (LAUR).
Adtalem Global Education vs. Its Competitors
Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Stride had 12 more articles in the media than Adtalem Global Education. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Stride and 8 mentions for Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Stride's score of 1.33 indicating that Adtalem Global Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stride has higher revenue and earnings than Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stride has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Adtalem Global Education has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Stride's net margin of 11.97%. Stride's return on equity of 25.51% beat Adtalem Global Education's return on equity.
Stride presently has a consensus target price of $146.40, suggesting a potential upside of 3.62%. Adtalem Global Education has a consensus target price of $139.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.20%. Given Stride's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stride is more favorable than Adtalem Global Education.
98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Adtalem Global Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Stride beats Adtalem Global Education on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:ATGE) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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