BEDU vs. SDA, COE, NRDY, EWCZ, CHGG, IH, HCMA, STG, NAMI, and YSXT
Should you be buying Bright Scholar Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Scholar Education include SunCar Technology Group (SDA), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), Nerdy (NRDY), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Chegg (CHGG), iHuman (IH), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), NAMI (NAMI), and YSX Tech (YSXT). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Bright Scholar Education vs. Its Competitors
SunCar Technology Group (NASDAQ:SDA) and Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) are both small-cap personal services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
SunCar Technology Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 276.21%. Given SunCar Technology Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SunCar Technology Group is more favorable than Bright Scholar Education.
SunCar Technology Group has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
0.3% of SunCar Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.2% of SunCar Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SunCar Technology Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -58.44%. Bright Scholar Education's return on equity of 2.31% beat SunCar Technology Group's return on equity.
SunCar Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Scholar Education.
In the previous week, Bright Scholar Education had 5 more articles in the media than SunCar Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Bright Scholar Education and 0 mentions for SunCar Technology Group. SunCar Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of 0.64 indicating that SunCar Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
SunCar Technology Group beats Bright Scholar Education on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BEDU) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
