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Bridgepoint Education (BPI) Competitors

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BPI vs. STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, LRN, BFAM, LOPE, ATGE, COE, and YQ

Should you be buying Bridgepoint Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Education include Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Stride (LRN), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ).

Bridgepoint Education vs. Its Competitors

Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) and Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Bridgepoint Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of Bridgepoint Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Strategic Education had 8 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Education. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Strategic Education and 0 mentions for Bridgepoint Education. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Bridgepoint Education's score of 0.00 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Strategic Education Positive
Bridgepoint Education Neutral

Strategic Education presently has a consensus target price of $99.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. Given Strategic Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Bridgepoint Education.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Strategic Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bridgepoint Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Strategic Education has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Education has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Strategic Education$1.22B1.63$112.68M$4.8117.26
Bridgepoint Education$443.37M2.51$4.64M$0.4787.22

Strategic Education has a net margin of 9.27% compared to Bridgepoint Education's net margin of 2.32%. Bridgepoint Education's return on equity of 12.26% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Strategic Education9.27% 7.52% 5.99%
Bridgepoint Education 2.32%12.26%6.06%

Summary

Strategic Education beats Bridgepoint Education on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BPI vs. The Competition

MetricBridgepoint EducationEducational Services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.11B$52.92M$8.50B$21.26B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.04%3.52%
P/E Ratio87.22N/A18.3529.40
Price / Sales2.511.165.0149.02
Price / Cash8.571.0116.9024.13
Price / Book8.720.535.034.54
Net Income$4.64M-$20.36M$227.71M$999.70M

Bridgepoint Education Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BPI
Bridgepoint Education
N/A$40.99
+40,992,900.0%
N/AN/A$1.11B$443.37M87.224,790Gap Up
STRA
Strategic Education
4.4081 of 5 stars
$81.16
-0.8%
$99.33
+22.4%
-14.3%$1.96B$1.22B16.873,801Positive News
Insider Trade
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
4.0397 of 5 stars
$26.57
+0.3%
$35.83
+34.9%
+64.0%$1.44B$809.53M23.313,700Positive News
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
4.4752 of 5 stars
$19.77
+0.6%
$25.00
+26.5%
+66.3%$621.30M$440.06M42.982,475
APEI
American Public Education
4.8834 of 5 stars
$30.63
+1.5%
$35.17
+14.8%
+101.7%$545.27M$624.56M28.906,117Positive News
LRN
Stride
2.9101 of 5 stars
$169.91
+2.1%
$143.40
-15.6%
+97.9%$7.26B$2.41B28.228,600Positive News
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.5618 of 5 stars
$118.91
-1.8%
$137.75
+15.8%
-16.6%$6.88B$2.69B38.991,450Positive News
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.8904 of 5 stars
$203.88
+0.4%
$203.67
-0.1%
+43.5%$5.70B$1.03B24.685,830Positive News
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.4448 of 5 stars
$135.70
+0.3%
$139.00
+2.4%
+83.1%$4.87B$1.79B21.9210,371Positive News
Short Interest ↓
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
0.2299 of 5 stars
$34.25
-1.6%
N/A+181.3%$200.26M$59.49M-19.13620News Coverage
Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
YQ
17 Education & Technology Group
0.7306 of 5 stars
$1.99
+1.3%
N/A+4.1%$17.64M$185.38M-0.504,660News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:BPI) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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