IRS vs. LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, AFYA, EVGO, DAO, UDMY, and GOTU
Should you be buying IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones include Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), Afya (AFYA), EVgo (EVGO), Youdao (DAO), Udemy (UDMY), and Gaotu Techedu (GOTU). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones vs. Its Competitors
Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) and IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (NYSE:IRS) are both personal services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Laureate Education has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Laureate Education currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.42%. Given Laureate Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Laureate Education is more favorable than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones.
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones has a net margin of 36.40% compared to Laureate Education's net margin of 16.41%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 29.46% beat IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' return on equity.
Laureate Education has higher revenue and earnings than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones. IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones 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 8 more articles in the media than IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Laureate Education and 5 mentions for IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones' score of 0.86 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Laureate Education beats IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:IRS) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
