UTI vs. LINC, APEI, ATGE, NRDY, VTRU, QSG, PRDO, AFYA, RSVR, and RICK
Should you be buying Universal Technical Institute stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Technical Institute include Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Nerdy (NRDY), Vitru (VTRU), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Reservoir Media (RSVR), and RCI Hospitality (RICK). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) and Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lincoln Educational Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Universal Technical Institute. Lincoln Educational Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Technical Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln Educational Services has a net margin of 6.88% compared to Universal Technical Institute's net margin of 2.41%. Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity of 9.63% beat Universal Technical Institute's return on equity.
Lincoln Educational Services received 25 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Universal Technical Institute and Universal Technical Institute both had 7 articles in the media. Universal Technical Institute's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Lincoln Educational Services' score of 0.02 indicating that Universal Technical Institute is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Technical Institute currently has a consensus target price of $15.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.82%. Lincoln Educational Services has a consensus target price of $12.13, indicating a potential upside of 26.43%. Given Lincoln Educational Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than Universal Technical Institute.
Summary
Lincoln Educational Services beats Universal Technical Institute on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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