Gaotu Techedu (GOTU) Competitors

Gaotu Techedu (NYSE:GOTU) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media prefer GOTU or LAUR?

In the previous week, Laureate Education had 8 more articles in the media than Gaotu Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Laureate Education and 4 mentions for Gaotu Techedu. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Gaotu Techedu's score of 0.55 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gaotu Techedu	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Laureate Education	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GOTU or LAUR?

Laureate Education received 297 more outperform votes than Gaotu Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.77% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Gaotu Techedu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gaotu Techedu	Outperform Votes 4 25.00%	Underperform Votes 12 75.00%
Laureate Education	Outperform Votes 301 57.77%	Underperform Votes 220 42.23%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GOTU or LAUR?

Laureate Education has lower revenue, but higher 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gaotu Techedu	$4.55B	0.18	-$1.03M	-$0.57	-5.46
Laureate Education	$1.57B	1.93	$107.59M	$1.94	10.35

Do analysts prefer GOTU or LAUR?

Gaotu Techedu currently has a consensus target price of $5.81, suggesting a potential upside of 86.82%. Laureate Education has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.35%. Given Gaotu Techedu's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gaotu Techedu is more favorable than Laureate Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gaotu Techedu	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Laureate Education	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GOTU or LAUR?

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, GOTU or LAUR?

Gaotu Techedu has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GOTU or LAUR more profitable?

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Gaotu Techedu's net margin of -26.36%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat Gaotu Techedu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gaotu Techedu	-26.36%	-37.79%	-19.01%
Laureate Education	18.92%	32.35%	14.39%

Summary

Laureate Education beats Gaotu Techedu on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.