Stride (LRN) Competitors $121.97 -0.81 (-0.66%) Closing price 03/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$127.44 +5.47 (+4.48%) As of 03/21/2025 07:19 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LRN vs. BFAM, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, TAL, EDU, and GHCShould you be buying Stride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stride include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), TAL Education Group (TAL), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), and Graham (GHC). Stride vs. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education TAL Education Group New Oriental Education & Technology Group Graham Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk. Which has more risk & volatility, BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Stride has a consensus price target of $119.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.16%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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) 2.70Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Which has higher valuation & 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.66$140.19M$2.4051.91Stride$2.19B2.42$204.18M$5.9920.36 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BFAM or LRN? 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 27 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.57% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.18% Underperform Votes31342.82% StrideOutperform Votes39169.57% Underperform Votes17130.43% 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 Solutions5.22% 13.63% 4.62% Stride 12.30%22.42%13.73% 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 14 mentions for Stride and 11 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.44 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 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Stride 13 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Stride News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricStrideEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.31B$957.01M$7.72B$19.56BDividend YieldN/A6.35%2.96%3.76%P/E Ratio20.3610.6216.8733.48Price / Sales2.421.539.7328.58Price / Cash19.0426.9016.4217.54Price / Book4.032.204.374.56Net Income$204.18M$21.18M$261.14M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.86%1.88%1.91%0.95%1 Month Performance-9.23%-1.13%-6.31%-3.88%1 Year Performance91.54%-3.68%-2.62%5.93% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride1.9702 of 5 stars$121.97-0.7%$119.33-2.2%+91.5%$5.31B$2.19B20.367,500Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.5063 of 5 stars$129.16+1.9%$137.67+6.6%+9.4%$7.41B$2.69B53.8225,800Short Interest ↑Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.3078 of 5 stars$169.41+0.3%$197.67+16.7%+26.6%$4.86B$1.03B21.875,800Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.123 of 5 stars$97.25-0.1%$101.67+4.5%+94.9%$3.62B$1.69B18.114,680Analyst DowngradePositive NewsSTRAStrategic Education4.3424 of 5 stars$79.71-0.2%$112.33+40.9%-20.5%$1.96B$1.22B15.163,910UTIUniversal Technical Institute2.5664 of 5 stars$27.04+0.5%$31.17+15.3%+75.6%$1.47B$759.42M27.871,950Insider TradeNews CoverageLINCLincoln Educational Services3.7832 of 5 stars$15.18+2.1%$19.75+30.1%+41.9%$479.71M$440.06M47.452,060Short Interest ↑APEIAmerican Public Education4.1149 of 5 stars$22.35+3.1%$24.33+8.9%+63.4%$400.95M$624.56M39.795,800Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionTALTAL Education Group1.5566 of 5 stars$14.37+8.0%$15.53+8.1%+11.0%$8.69B$2.07B75.6116,200Stock SplitNews CoverageGap DownEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group2.2047 of 5 stars$50.79+0.1%$61.20+20.5%-46.0%$8.62B$4.82B21.6153,100Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGHCGraham2.1198 of 5 stars$938.24+0.6%N/A+26.0%$4.07B$4.79B18.3719,900Positive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors Grand Canyon Education Competitors Adtalem Global Education Competitors Strategic Education Competitors Universal Technical Institute Competitors Lincoln Educational Services Competitors American Public Education Competitors TAL Education Group Competitors New Oriental Education & Technology Group Competitors Graham Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LRN) was last updated on 3/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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