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$34.36 -0.96 (-2.73%)
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UTI vs. BFAM, LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, LINC, APEI, TAL, GHC, and LAUR

Should you be buying Universal Technical Institute stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Technical Institute include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), and Laureate Education (LAUR).

Universal Technical Institute vs.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 135 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.86% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes
418
57.10%
Underperform Votes
314
42.90%
Universal Technical InstituteOutperform Votes
283
60.86%
Underperform Votes
182
39.14%

75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.44%. Universal Technical Institute has a consensus price target of $35.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.30%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Universal Technical Institute.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Universal Technical Institute
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Technical Institute. Universal Technical Institute is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.73B2.65$140.19M$2.7745.63
Universal Technical Institute$782.69M2.39$42M$1.0433.03

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Universal Technical Institute has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Universal Technical Institute's return on equity of 21.25% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions5.22% 13.63% 4.62%
Universal Technical Institute 7.08%21.25%7.40%

In the previous week, Universal Technical Institute had 5 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Universal Technical Institute and 10 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of 0.97 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Universal Technical Institute
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Universal Technical Institute tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTI vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Technical InstituteEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.87B$1.03B$7.86B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A6.77%3.24%3.84%
P/E Ratio35.4212.1015.1134.53
Price / Sales2.391.588.0134.83
Price / Cash16.6527.8916.3717.51
Price / Book6.672.484.774.69
Net Income$42M$22.13M$257.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.92%-0.55%-0.71%-1.74%
1 Month Performance27.15%10.23%8.01%7.50%
1 Year Performance134.51%0.23%-3.46%4.15%

Universal Technical Institute Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
2.8629 of 5 stars
$34.36
-2.7%
$35.83
+4.3%
+146.1%$1.87B$782.69M35.421,950Analyst Forecast
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
3.4166 of 5 stars
$122.94
+0.7%
$138.33
+12.5%
+12.3%$7.04B$2.73B51.2225,800Positive News
Gap Up
LRN
Stride
1.622 of 5 stars
$149.34
-4.6%
$126.83
-15.1%
+123.9%$6.50B$2.29B24.937,500Positive News
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.6408 of 5 stars
$195.73
-0.2%
$201.00
+2.7%
+32.7%$5.56B$1.05B25.295,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
3.9472 of 5 stars
$131.66
-3.4%
$135.67
+3.0%
+98.1%$4.91B$1.74B24.524,680Positive News
High Trading Volume
STRA
Strategic Education
3.7917 of 5 stars
$89.02
-0.3%
$107.67
+20.9%
-24.3%$2.15B$1.23B16.963,910Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
4.1481 of 5 stars
$21.32
+1.9%
$23.25
+9.1%
+80.8%$673.56M$440.06M66.632,060High Trading Volume
APEI
American Public Education
4.2779 of 5 stars
$26.04
-5.3%
$26.50
+1.8%
+58.8%$469.66M$624.56M46.505,800
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.7262 of 5 stars
$10.24
+8.7%
$13.70
+33.8%
-12.2%$6.19B$2.25B53.8816,200Stock Split
GHC
Graham
2.4384 of 5 stars
$988.18
+1.8%
N/A+24.3%$4.31B$4.80B19.3519,500Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2761 of 5 stars
$22.51
-1.6%
$20.50
-8.9%
+34.7%$3.39B$1.53B11.6035,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:UTI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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