GOTU vs. LAUR, DRVN, HTZ, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, IRS, EVGO, DAO, and UDMY
Should you be buying Gaotu Techedu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gaotu Techedu include Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), EVgo (EVGO), Youdao (DAO), and Udemy (UDMY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Gaotu Techedu vs. Its Competitors
Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Laureate Education has higher revenue and earnings than Gaotu Techedu. Gaotu Techedu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laureate Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Laureate Education had 3 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Laureate Education and 1 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Gaotu Techedu's score of 0.00 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
48.4% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Laureate Education shares are held by institutional investors. 44.9% of Gaotu Techedu shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.84% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -18.07%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 31.57% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.
Gaotu Techedu presently has a consensus target price of $5.81, suggesting a potential upside of 56.82%. Laureate Education has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.68%. Given Gaotu Techedu's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than Laureate Education.
Summary
Laureate Education beats Gaotu Techedu on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GOTU) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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