SCI vs. EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, HTZ, MCW, AFYA, PRDO, and ZVO
Should you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), and Zovio (ZVO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Service Co. International vs.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Co. International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Service Co. International had 5 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Service Co. International and 10 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 0.89 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group received 262 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.06% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 65.79% of users gave New Oriental Education & Technology Group an outperform vote.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to New Oriental Education & Technology Group's net margin of 8.13%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.
Service Co. International currently has a consensus target price of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.07%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus target price of $60.80, suggesting a potential upside of 24.49%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than Service Co. International.
Summary
Service Co. International beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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