EDU vs. SCI, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, and EVGO
Should you be buying New Oriental Education & Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Oriental Education & Technology Group include Service Corporation International (SCI), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), Afya (AFYA), and EVgo (EVGO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group vs. Its Competitors
Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both personal services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Service Corporation International had 8 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Service Corporation International and 6 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Service Corporation International's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Service Corporation International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are held by company 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.
Service Corporation International has a net margin of 12.60% compared to New Oriental Education & Technology Group's net margin of 7.59%. Service Corporation International's return on equity of 32.84% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.
Service Corporation International presently has a consensus target price of $90.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.67%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus target price of $56.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. Given Service Corporation International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Service Corporation International is more favorable than New Oriental Education & Technology Group.
Service Corporation International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Service Corporation International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Oriental Education & Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Service Corporation International beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 12 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:EDU) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
