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$10.86 -0.05 (-0.41%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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TAL vs. SCI, EDU, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, HTZ, PRDO, AFYA, 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), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Hertz Global (HTZ), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), 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 companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TAL Education Group received 187 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.13% 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
339
67.13%
Underperform Votes
166
32.87%

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Co. International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. 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 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Co. International has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

TAL Education Group currently has a consensus price target of $13.70, suggesting a potential upside of 26.21%. Service Co. International has a consensus price target of $89.25, suggesting a potential upside of 15.27%. Given TAL Education Group's higher possible upside, research 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

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 9 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Service Co. International and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.64 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Service Co. International
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very 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$2.25B2.92-$3.57M$0.1477.54
Service Co. International$4.22B2.61$518.65M$3.6421.27

Summary

Service Co. International beats TAL Education Group on 16 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$6.57B$1.07B$7.91B$19.41B
Dividend YieldN/A6.77%3.24%3.83%
P/E Ratio57.1312.4615.0934.23
Price / Sales2.921.617.7734.85
Price / Cash330.0227.8916.3717.51
Price / Book1.802.494.734.69
Net Income-$3.57M$22.13M$257.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance6.74%-0.50%-1.06%-1.74%
1 Month Performance1.07%10.50%7.59%7.46%
1 Year Performance-12.25%0.81%-3.47%3.96%

TAL Education Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.719 of 5 stars
$10.86
-0.4%
$13.70
+26.2%
-12.2%$6.57B$2.25B57.1316,200Stock Split
SCI
Service Co. International
3.987 of 5 stars
$76.57
+0.9%
$89.25
+16.6%
+10.4%$10.90B$4.22B21.5717,600Positive News
EDU
New Oriental Education & Technology Group
2.6562 of 5 stars
$49.43
+4.5%
$60.80
+23.0%
-40.4%$8.39B$4.79B21.0353,100Positive News
GHC
Graham
2.4413 of 5 stars
$988.18
+1.8%
N/A+24.3%$4.31B$4.80B19.3519,500Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.281 of 5 stars
$22.51
-1.6%
$20.50
-8.9%
+34.7%$3.39B$1.53B11.6035,000Positive News
Gap Up
DRVN
Driven Brands
3.9138 of 5 stars
$17.94
+1.5%
$20.78
+15.8%
+65.3%$2.95B$2.28B448.509,900Positive News
MCW
Mister Car Wash
2.3394 of 5 stars
$7.94
+6.6%
$8.46
+6.5%
+2.4%$2.58B$1.02B36.096,350Positive News
Gap Up
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$6.94
+3.3%
N/A+23.3%$2.14B$9.05B-0.7425,000
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.7195 of 5 stars
$31.08
+0.1%
$38.00
+22.3%
+33.1%$2.04B$726.00M14.134,500Positive News
Gap Up
AFYA
Afya
2.4848 of 5 stars
$19.43
-0.9%
$17.60
-9.4%
-4.1%$1.82B$3.30B15.678,080High Trading Volume
ZVO
Zovio
N/A$40.02
+0.5%
N/AN/A$1.37B$230.00M-32.541,400

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