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New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU) Competitors

$75.72
+0.66 (+0.88%)
(As of 10/11/2024 ET)

EDU vs. TAL, LOPE, GHC, LRN, ATGE, LAUR, STRA, AFYA, PRDO, and UDMY

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 TAL Education Group (TAL), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Graham (GHC), Stride (LRN), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Laureate Education (LAUR), Strategic Education (STRA), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), and Udemy (UDMY). These companies are all part of the "educational services" industry.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group vs.

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, New Oriental Education & Technology Group had 2 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group and 3 mentions for TAL Education Group. TAL Education Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 0.16 indicating that TAL Education Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a net margin of 7.18% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 3.24%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity of 7.50% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TAL Education Group3.24% 1.46% 1.07%
New Oriental Education & Technology Group 7.18%7.50%4.28%

New Oriental Education & Technology Group received 75 more outperform votes than TAL Education Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.48% of users gave New Oriental Education & Technology Group an outperform vote while only 61.87% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TAL Education GroupOutperform Votes
524
61.87%
Underperform Votes
323
38.13%
New Oriental Education & Technology GroupOutperform Votes
599
66.48%
Underperform Votes
302
33.52%

TAL Education Group presently has a consensus target price of $13.30, indicating a potential upside of 18.43%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus target price of $103.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.91%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TAL Education Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TAL Education Group$1.49B4.56-$3.57M$0.08140.39
New Oriental Education & Technology Group$4.31B2.98$309.59M$1.8540.93

Summary

New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats TAL Education Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 GroupEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.85B$925.42M$7.33B$19.67B
Dividend YieldN/A6.09%2.83%3.50%
P/E Ratio40.9311.8316.6826.99
Price / Sales2.981.457.7916.13
Price / Cash31.9124.0931.7220.33
Price / Book3.171.715.145.39
Net Income$309.59M$21.72M$205.04M$980.78M
7 Day Performance-6.05%-2.30%1.32%0.38%
1 Month Performance27.29%7.35%12.16%6.35%
1 Year Performance20.86%9.43%34.28%26.42%

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
3.6653 of 5 stars
$75.72
+0.9%
$103.67
+36.9%
+17.5%$12.85B$4.31B40.9375,005
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.7594 of 5 stars
$11.23
-3.0%
$13.30
+18.4%
+19.9%$7.00B$1.49B140.3915,000Stock Split
Gap Down
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
4.7096 of 5 stars
$133.47
+1.2%
$165.67
+24.1%
+15.4%$3.93B$960.90M18.095,800Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
GHC
Graham
2.7315 of 5 stars
$795.70
+0.1%
N/A+33.7%$3.50B$4.41B26.8519,900
LRN
Stride
3.645 of 5 stars
$71.75
-2.1%
$85.83
+19.6%
+56.1%$3.10B$2.04B15.367,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.8552 of 5 stars
$73.29
+1.1%
$81.33
+11.0%
+60.1%$2.76B$1.58B21.319,938Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.3903 of 5 stars
$15.36
-1.5%
$17.00
+10.7%
+3.9%$2.34B$1.48B12.2928,900Short Interest ↓
STRA
Strategic Education
4.5655 of 5 stars
$87.48
0.0%
$132.25
+51.2%
+6.8%$2.15B$1.13B17.963,774
AFYA
Afya
3.7897 of 5 stars
$16.27
+1.6%
$21.13
+29.8%
+4.4%$1.52B$576.09M13.459,680
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.4025 of 5 stars
$21.09
+1.4%
$30.00
+42.2%
+17.8%$1.38B$710M10.344,350Positive News
UDMY
Udemy
3.4543 of 5 stars
$7.86
+3.1%
$11.92
+51.6%
-19.8%$1.20B$765.47M-13.791,443Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:EDU) was last updated on 10/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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