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$47.53 +0.22 (+0.47%)
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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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, Service Corporation International had 12 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Service Corporation International and 5 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Service Corporation International's score of 1.45 indicating that New Oriental Education & Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Service Corporation International
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Service Corporation International12.60% 32.84% 3.05%
New Oriental Education & Technology Group 7.59%11.32%5.97%

Service Corporation International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Corporation International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Service Corporation International$4.19B2.73$518.65M$3.6922.08
New Oriental Education & Technology Group$4.90BN/A$371.72M$2.2521.12

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 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Service Corporation International presently has a consensus price target of $90.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.78%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus price target of $51.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Service Corporation International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Service Corporation International beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EDU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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EDU vs. The Competition

MetricNew Oriental Education & Technology GroupSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.50B$8.52B$21.32B
Dividend YieldN/A4.32%3.05%3.52%
P/E Ratio21.1212.5818.0629.16
Price / SalesN/A2.145.5955.66
Price / Cash9.0114.7817.1524.09
Price / Book2.043.134.725.47
Net Income$371.72M$85.04M$226.48M$992.74M
7 Day Performance-1.98%6.59%15.41%2.67%
1 Month Performance4.45%8.88%13.31%2.35%
1 Year Performance-29.36%40.73%46.53%10.76%

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.8639 of 5 stars
$47.53
+0.5%
$51.60
+8.6%
-29.4%$0.00$4.90B21.1275,005Positive News
SCI
Service Corporation International
4.2327 of 5 stars
$80.67
+0.0%
$90.50
+12.2%
+5.3%$11.31B$4.19B21.8624,953News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.4467 of 5 stars
$11.00
-3.8%
$12.66
+15.1%
+26.0%$6.70B$2.41B64.7123,000Stock Split
GHC
Graham
4.2407 of 5 stars
$1,062.11
-0.3%
N/A+38.9%$4.63B$4.83B6.8221,446Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.1382 of 5 stars
$26.10
+0.7%
$24.00
-8.0%
+75.8%$3.85B$1.57B15.3531,800Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.8902 of 5 stars
$16.85
+0.5%
$21.60
+28.2%
+25.9%$2.77B$2.34B-9.9110,700News Coverage
Positive News
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.4771 of 5 stars
$31.87
+0.3%
$40.00
+25.5%
+45.8%$2.07B$681.26M13.805,690News Coverage
Positive News
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.9144 of 5 stars
$5.78
-2.5%
$8.09
+40.0%
-11.5%$1.89B$1.03B26.276,350Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$5.22
+2.2%
N/A+77.2%$1.62B$8.61B-0.6325,000
AFYA
Afya
4.1249 of 5 stars
$15.25
+1.3%
$17.50
+14.8%
-17.6%$1.43B$612.78M11.559,717Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
EVGO
EVgo
2.321 of 5 stars
$4.19
+10.0%
$6.19
+47.7%
-4.0%$1.29B$256.83M-10.22220Analyst Forecast

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