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GSX Techedu (GSX) Competitors

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GSX vs. STRA, AFYA, PRDO, UTI, DAO, UDMY, GOTU, LINC, APEI, and VSTA

Should you be buying GSX Techedu stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GSX Techedu include Strategic Education (STRA), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Youdao (DAO), Udemy (UDMY), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), and Vasta Platform (VSTA).

GSX Techedu vs.

GSX Techedu (NYSE:GSX) and Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Strategic Education had 24 more articles in the media than GSX Techedu. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Strategic Education and 0 mentions for GSX Techedu. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat GSX Techedu's score of 0.00 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GSX Techedu Neutral
Strategic Education Positive

Strategic Education received 320 more outperform votes than GSX Techedu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.63% of users gave GSX Techedu an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GSX TecheduOutperform Votes
65
59.63%
Underperform Votes
44
40.37%
Strategic EducationOutperform Votes
385
56.12%
Underperform Votes
301
43.88%

34.8% of GSX Techedu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of GSX Techedu shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Strategic Education has a consensus price target of $107.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.50%. Given Strategic Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than GSX Techedu.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GSX Techedu
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Strategic Education
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

GSX Techedu has a beta of -0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 150% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Education has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Strategic Education has a net margin of 10.44% compared to GSX Techedu's net margin of -10.56%. Strategic Education's return on equity of 7.61% beat GSX Techedu's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GSX Techedu-10.56% -45.36% -14.85%
Strategic Education 10.44%7.61%5.89%

Strategic Education has higher revenue and earnings than GSX Techedu. Strategic 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GSX Techedu$303.78M2.44$32.56M$0.1323.92
Strategic Education$1.23B1.64$69.79M$4.6817.49

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GSX vs. The Competition

MetricGSX TecheduEducational Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$741.93M$962.28M$22.17B$18.96B
Dividend YieldN/A7.32%2.58%4.02%
P/E Ratio-8.1810.7830.6932.97
Price / Sales2.441.52169.7927.82
Price / Cash367.0127.8931.5117.52
Price / Book3.272.515.064.48
Net Income$32.56M$22.13M$195.49M$1.02B

GSX Techedu Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSX
GSX Techedu
N/A$3.11
+1.3%
N/A-53.0%$741.93M$303.78M-8.186,435
STRA
Strategic Education
4.4979 of 5 stars
$77.75
+0.1%
$112.33
+44.5%
-29.0%$1.91B$1.22B14.773,910Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
AFYA
Afya
2.4002 of 5 stars
$18.04
+0.3%
$17.60
-2.5%
+10.3%$1.69B$3.30B14.528,080Upcoming Earnings
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.1631 of 5 stars
$24.43
+0.8%
$35.00
+43.3%
+37.3%$1.60B$681.26M11.114,500Positive News
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
3.5593 of 5 stars
$26.50
+3.8%
$32.17
+21.4%
+84.5%$1.44B$759.42M27.261,950Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
DAO
Youdao
0.8929 of 5 stars
$8.19
+5.7%
N/A+151.1%$990.46M$5.63B81.916,100News Coverage
Positive News
UDMY
Udemy
3.4831 of 5 stars
$6.05
+0.6%
$10.50
+73.7%
-31.4%$893.14M$786.57M-10.551,680Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
GOTU
Gaotu Techedu
1.9678 of 5 stars
$2.73
+3.6%
$5.81
+113.2%
-52.4%$707.33M$4.55B-4.789,020News Coverage
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
4.4497 of 5 stars
$16.52
+0.3%
$21.00
+27.1%
+58.5%$521.76M$440.06M51.612,060Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
APEI
American Public Education
4.5336 of 5 stars
$22.14
-0.9%
$25.33
+14.4%
+69.9%$402.11M$624.56M39.815,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VSTA
Vasta Platform
1.0786 of 5 stars
$4.87
-2.3%
$3.00
-38.3%
+17.1%$389.96M$1.67B-69.481,790Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News

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