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TAL vs. SCI, EDU, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, HTZ, MCW, AFYA, PRDO, and ZVO

Should you be buying TAL Education Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TAL Education Group include Service Co. International (SCI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), 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.

TAL Education Group vs.

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TAL Education Group received 188 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 61.52% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TAL Education GroupOutperform Votes
526
61.52%
Underperform Votes
329
38.48%
Service Co. InternationalOutperform Votes
338
67.06%
Underperform Votes
166
32.94%

TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.7%. Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. TAL Education Group pays out 1,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Service Co. International pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Co. International has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 5.77%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TAL Education Group5.77% 3.22% 2.23%
Service Co. International 12.39%32.18%3.03%

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Co. International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 5 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Service Co. International and 11 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat TAL Education Group's score of -0.21 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Service Co. International
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Service Co. International has higher revenue and earnings than TAL Education Group. Service Co. International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TAL Education Group$2.25B2.34-$3.57M$0.1462.25
Service Co. International$4.19B2.63$518.65M$3.5521.53

TAL Education Group currently has a consensus price target of $13.70, indicating a potential upside of 57.20%. Service Co. International has a consensus price target of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.77%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Service Co. International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TAL Education Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Service Co. International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Service Co. International beats TAL Education Group on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TAL vs. The Competition

MetricTAL Education GroupEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.27B$965.63M$7.49B$18.95B
Dividend YieldN/A7.32%3.39%4.02%
P/E Ratio45.8710.7916.4232.95
Price / Sales2.341.537.5527.88
Price / Cash330.0227.8916.4217.52
Price / Book1.452.504.414.47
Net Income-$3.57M$22.13M$260.40M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.41%3.25%1.51%0.73%
1 Month Performance-33.67%1.76%-1.96%-2.63%
1 Year Performance-26.67%2.34%-2.29%4.57%

TAL Education Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TAL
TAL Education Group
2.0605 of 5 stars
$8.72
-0.4%
$13.70
+57.2%
-27.2%$5.27B$2.25B45.8716,200Earnings Report
Stock Split
SCI
Service Co. International
4.1617 of 5 stars
$76.66
-1.2%
$88.50
+15.4%
+11.1%$11.05B$4.19B21.5917,600Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.013 of 5 stars
$44.50
-0.7%
$60.80
+36.6%
-36.7%$7.55B$4.82B18.9453,100Positive News
GHC
Graham
2.3604 of 5 stars
$876.86
-3.4%
N/A+30.8%$3.81B$4.79B17.1719,500Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2391 of 5 stars
$18.65
-2.6%
$20.00
+7.2%
+38.4%$2.81B$1.57B9.6135,000News Coverage
Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
4.0199 of 5 stars
$15.77
-3.3%
$20.50
+30.0%
+15.3%$2.59B$2.34B394.259,900Upcoming Earnings
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$7.83
-5.0%
N/A+49.9%$2.41B$9.05B-0.8425,000High Trading Volume
MCW
Mister Car Wash
1.9745 of 5 stars
$6.81
-3.4%
$8.43
+23.8%
+2.5%$2.21B$994.73M30.966,350Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AFYA
Afya
2.2441 of 5 stars
$17.99
-1.2%
$17.60
-2.2%
+10.3%$1.69B$3.30B14.518,080Upcoming Earnings
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.1553 of 5 stars
$24.24
-4.1%
$35.00
+44.4%
+37.3%$1.59B$681.26M11.024,500Positive News
ZVO
Zovio
N/A$35.30
+35,299,900.0%
N/AN/A$1.21B$230.00M-28.701,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:TAL) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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