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Bright Scholar Education (BEDU) Competitors

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BEDU vs. STG, IH, CHGG, HCMA, NAMI, AACG, MRM, YSXT, VERB, and KUKE

Should you be buying Bright Scholar Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Scholar Education include Sunlands Technology Group (STG), iHuman (IH), Chegg (CHGG), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), NAMI (NAMI), ATA (AACG), MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM), YSX Tech (YSXT), Verb Technology (VERB), and Kuke Music (KUKE). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Bright Scholar Education vs. Its Competitors

Sunlands Technology Group (NYSE:STG) and Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Sunlands Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Scholar Education. Bright Scholar Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunlands Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sunlands Technology Group$272.66M0.49$46.87M$3.602.75
Bright Scholar Education$175.19M0.31-$140.52M-$4.70-0.39

In the previous week, Sunlands Technology Group and Sunlands Technology Group both had 1 articles in the media. Bright Scholar Education's average media sentiment score of 1.96 beat Sunlands Technology Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Bright Scholar Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sunlands Technology Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bright Scholar Education
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Sunlands Technology Group has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sunlands Technology Group has a net margin of 17.47% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -58.44%. Sunlands Technology Group's return on equity of 53.95% beat Bright Scholar Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sunlands Technology Group17.47% 53.95% 16.36%
Bright Scholar Education -58.44%2.31%0.61%

26.4% of Sunlands Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of Sunlands Technology Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sunlands Technology Group beats Bright Scholar Education on 10 of the 12 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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BEDU vs. The Competition

MetricBright Scholar EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.84M$1.71B$8.57B$21.26B
Dividend YieldN/A4.23%3.06%3.53%
P/E Ratio-0.3912.5217.8729.27
Price / Sales0.312.105.2753.51
Price / Cash5.7414.8616.9723.64
Price / Book0.643.154.795.38
Net Income-$140.52M$85.04M$227.38M$996.59M
7 Day Performance1.65%1.85%3.24%2.93%
1 Month Performance2.22%7.52%13.66%2.79%
1 Year Performance-4.40%41.98%51.45%12.70%

Bright Scholar Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEDU
Bright Scholar Education
0.9805 of 5 stars
$1.85
-2.4%
N/A-11.3%$54.84M$175.19M-0.392,193Gap Down
STG
Sunlands Technology Group
1.6377 of 5 stars
$10.73
+11.0%
N/A+11.2%$145.07M$272.66M2.982,071News Coverage
Gap Up
IH
iHuman
N/A$2.78
+1.5%
N/A+70.7%$144.62M$126.34M10.301,120Gap Up
CHGG
Chegg
4.2864 of 5 stars
$1.21
-2.0%
$1.70
+41.1%
-42.3%$134.87M$617.57M-0.481,271Gap Down
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$6.21
+3.5%
N/A-1.0%$87.82MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
NAMI
NAMI
N/A$1.04
-1.0%
N/AN/A$82.23M$406.40M0.00N/AGap Down
AACG
ATA
0.5019 of 5 stars
$1.94
-1.0%
N/A+240.7%$62.54M$36.72M-19.60580
MRM
MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies
1.2248 of 5 stars
$1.88
-0.8%
N/A-66.4%$54.36M$8.30B0.00480Positive News
Gap Up
YSXT
YSX Tech
N/A$1.88
-2.6%
N/AN/A$41.85M$71.45M0.0040Positive News
VERB
Verb Technology
2.4213 of 5 stars
$20.28
-3.8%
$62.00
+205.8%
-1.5%$38.54M$890K-1.97170Gap Up
KUKE
Kuke Music
0.7631 of 5 stars
$1.76
-0.6%
N/A-87.6%$35.76M$9.59M0.00170Gap Down

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