Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (FEDU) Competitors

Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) and Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (NYSE:FEDU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BEDU or FEDU?

26.0% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Four Seasons Education (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Four Seasons Education (Cayman) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BEDU or FEDU?

In the previous week, Bright Scholar Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Bright Scholar Education	Neutral
Four Seasons Education (Cayman)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BEDU or FEDU?

Bright Scholar Education received 66 more outperform votes than Four Seasons Education (Cayman) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.44% of users gave Four Seasons Education (Cayman) an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Bright Scholar Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bright Scholar Education	Outperform Votes 211 60.63%	Underperform Votes 137 39.37%
Four Seasons Education (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 145 61.44%	Underperform Votes 91 38.56%

Is BEDU or FEDU more profitable?

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -55.92%. Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Bright Scholar Education's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Scholar Education	-55.92%	-0.35%	-0.10%
Four Seasons Education (Cayman)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, BEDU or FEDU?

Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Four Seasons Education (Cayman) has a beta of -0.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BEDU or FEDU?

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Scholar Education.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bright Scholar Education	$175.19M	0.28	-$140.52M	-$4.70	-0.35
Four Seasons Education (Cayman)	$198.29M	0.10	$690K	N/A	N/A

Is BEDU or FEDU a better dividend stock?

Bright Scholar Education pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Four Seasons Education (Cayman) pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.1%. Bright Scholar Education pays out -2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) beats Bright Scholar Education on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.