EDU vs. UHAL, SCI, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, HTZ, MCW, and AFYA
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 U-Haul (UHAL), Service Corporation International (SCI), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), and Afya (AFYA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group vs. Its Competitors
U-Haul (NYSE:UHAL) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both personal services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a net margin of 8.17% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 6.30%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity of 9.91% beat U-Haul's return on equity.
3.6% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of U-Haul 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
U-Haul has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
U-Haul has higher revenue and earnings than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, New Oriental Education & Technology Group had 2 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group and 0 mentions for U-Haul. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat U-Haul's score of 0.00 indicating that New Oriental Education & Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.33%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than U-Haul.
Summary
New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats U-Haul on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EDU) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
