TAL Education Group (TAL) Competitors

U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ (NYSE:UHAL) and TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) are both services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UHAL or TAL?

U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ has higher revenue and earnings than TAL Education Group. U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/	$5.83B	2.09	$343.14M	$1.75	35.58
TAL Education Group	$2.25B	2.81	-$3.57M	$0.14	74.75

Is UHAL or TAL more profitable?

TAL Education Group has a net margin of 5.77% compared to U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s net margin of 0.00%. TAL Education Group's return on equity of 3.22% beat U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/	N/A	N/A	N/A
TAL Education Group	5.77%	3.22%	2.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, UHAL or TAL?

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, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor UHAL or TAL?

In the previous week, U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ had 1 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. TAL Education Group's average media sentiment score of -0.24 beat U-Haul Holding Co /NV/'s score of -0.37 indicating that TAL Education Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer UHAL or TAL?

TAL Education Group has a consensus price target of $13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 25.42%. Given TAL Education Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UHAL or TAL?

TAL Education Group received 526 more outperform votes than U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U-Haul Holding Co /NV/	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 526 61.52%	Underperform Votes 329 38.48%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UHAL or TAL?

3.6% of U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TAL Education Group beats U-Haul Holding Co /NV/ on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.