SCI vs. UHAL, EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, PRDO, MCW, HTZ, and AFYA
Should you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ (UHAL), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Afya (AFYA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Service Co. International vs. Its Competitors
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ (NYSE:UHAL) and Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) are both large-cap services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
3.6% of U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Co. International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Service Co. International had 2 more articles in the media than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Service Co. International and 3 mentions for U-Haul Holding Co /NV/. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s score of -0.28 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Co. International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/. Service Co. International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s net margin of 0.00%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s return on equity.
Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $89.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.40%. Given Service Co. International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/.
Service Co. International received 339 more outperform votes than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ an outperform vote.
Summary
Service Co. International beats U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SCI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
