GSX Techedu (GSX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LAUR or GSX?

96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of GSX Techedu shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of GSX Techedu shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LAUR or GSX?

Laureate Education presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.14%. Given Laureate Education's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Laureate Education is more favorable than GSX Techedu.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laureate Education	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
GSX Techedu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAUR or GSX?

Laureate Education received 238 more outperform votes than GSX Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave GSX Techedu an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laureate Education	Outperform Votes 303 57.93%	Underperform Votes 220 42.07%
GSX Techedu	Outperform Votes 65 59.63%	Underperform Votes 44 40.37%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LAUR or GSX?

Laureate Education has higher revenue and earnings than GSX Techedu. Laureate Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GSX Techedu, 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
Laureate Education	$1.53B	2.13	$107.59M	$1.88	11.62
GSX Techedu	$303.78M	2.93	$32.56M	$0.13	28.69

Is LAUR or GSX more profitable?

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to GSX Techedu's net margin of -10.56%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat GSX Techedu's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laureate Education	18.92%	32.35%	14.39%
GSX Techedu	-10.56%	-45.36%	-14.85%

Does the media refer more to LAUR or GSX?

In the previous week, Laureate Education had 6 more articles in the media than GSX Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Laureate Education and 0 mentions for GSX Techedu. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat GSX Techedu's score of 0.00 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Laureate Education	Positive
GSX Techedu	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LAUR or GSX?

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GSX Techedu has a beta of -0.5, meaning that its stock price is 150% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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