TAL vs. SCI, EDU, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, DAO, and HTZ
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), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Youdao (DAO), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
TAL Education Group vs.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.19% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 5.77%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 31.84% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TAL Education Group received 187 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.60% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 61.62% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Service Co. International had 16 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Service Co. International and 3 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Service Co. International presently has a consensus target price of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.79%. TAL Education Group has a consensus target price of $15.53, indicating a potential upside of 8.13%. Given Service Co. International's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than TAL Education Group.
Summary
Service Co. International beats TAL Education Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TAL) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff