Stride (LRN) Competitors

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media prefer BFAM or LRN?

In the previous week, Stride had 3 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Stride and 5 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.54 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Stride	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is BFAM or LRN more profitable?

Stride has a net margin of 12.30% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Stride's return on equity of 22.42% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	5.22%	13.63%	4.62%
Stride	12.30%	22.42%	13.73%

Do analysts rate BFAM or LRN?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.68%. Stride has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential downside of 11.35%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Stride.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Stride	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BFAM or LRN?

98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by 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, BFAM or LRN?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BFAM or LRN?

Stride has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 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
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	$2.73B	2.62	$140.19M	$2.77	45.12
Stride	$2.29B	2.72	$204.18M	$6.41	22.32

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BFAM or LRN?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 21 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.77% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Outperform Votes 418 57.10%	Underperform Votes 314 42.90%
Stride	Outperform Votes 397 69.77%	Underperform Votes 172 30.23%

Summary

Stride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.