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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SunCar Technology Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Bright Scholar Education
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SunCar Technology GroupN/A N/A N/A
Bright Scholar Education -58.44%2.31%0.61%

SunCar Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Scholar Education.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SunCar Technology Group$441.90M0.48-$68.66MN/AN/A
Bright Scholar Education$247.56M0.25-$140.52M-$4.70-0.44

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
SunCar Technology Group Positive
Bright Scholar Education Positive

Summary

SunCar Technology Group beats Bright Scholar Education on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BEDU vs. The Competition

MetricBright Scholar EducationSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$62.14M$1.78B$8.28B$21.74B
Dividend YieldN/A4.78%3.11%3.59%
P/E Ratio-0.4413.0218.0232.47
Price / Sales0.251.896.1780.49
Price / Cash6.7115.7916.3824.53
Price / Book0.732.844.904.59
Net Income-$140.52M$85.03M$256.64M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-5.00%0.25%0.74%1.25%
1 Month Performance10.00%-8.38%-4.87%-0.58%
1 Year Performance4.50%24.70%32.13%10.47%

Bright Scholar Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEDU
Bright Scholar Education
1.3171 of 5 stars
$2.09
-2.8%
N/A+8.7%$62.14M$247.56M-0.442,193Short Interest ↓
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
2.968 of 5 stars
$2.37
flat
$7.75
+227.0%
-80.1%$245.62M$458.91M0.00N/AGap Up
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
0.0653 of 5 stars
$40.88
+1.7%
N/A+232.5%$239.00M$68.93M-22.84620
NRDY
Nerdy
2.4951 of 5 stars
$1.23
-3.5%
$1.75
+42.9%
+7.4%$227.61M$190.23M-3.14700
EWCZ
European Wax Center
3.5417 of 5 stars
$3.59
-3.6%
$6.93
+93.3%
-49.9%$197.96M$216.92M17.93110News Coverage
CHGG
Chegg
3.8929 of 5 stars
$1.45
-1.7%
$1.70
+17.6%
-19.6%$156.54M$617.57M-0.551,271Positive News
IH
iHuman
0.9659 of 5 stars
$2.97
+0.3%
N/A+50.8%$154.49M$882.69M10.241,120Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
HCMA
HCM Acquisition
N/A$10.11
flat
N/A+18.2%$142.98MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
STG
Sunlands Technology Group
1.0738 of 5 stars
$8.22
-1.4%
N/A+2.6%$111.03M$2.00B2.282,071Gap Down
NAMI
NAMI
N/A$0.92
-2.5%
N/AN/A$72.75M$416.95M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Gap Down
YSXT
YSX Tech
N/A$2.50
+4.2%
N/AN/A$55.65M$71.45M0.0040News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:BEDU) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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