17 Education & Technology Group (YQ) Competitors

17 Education & Technology Group (NYSE:YQ) and Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is YQ or BEDU more profitable?

Bright Scholar Education has a net margin of -55.92% compared to 17 Education & Technology Group's net margin of -113.55%. Bright Scholar Education's return on equity of -0.35% beat 17 Education & Technology Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
17 Education & Technology Group	-113.55%	-38.90%	-28.18%
Bright Scholar Education	-55.92%	-0.35%	-0.10%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in YQ or BEDU?

3.5% of 17 Education & Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of 17 Education & Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, YQ or BEDU?

17 Education & Technology Group has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, YQ or BEDU?

17 Education & Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Scholar Education. 17 Education & Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Scholar Education, 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
17 Education & Technology Group	$189.21M	0.09	-$43.92M	-$3.50	-0.57
Bright Scholar Education	$175.19M	0.32	-$140.52M	-$4.70	-0.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YQ or BEDU?

Bright Scholar Education received 207 more outperform votes than 17 Education & Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Bright Scholar Education an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave 17 Education & Technology Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
17 Education & Technology Group	Outperform Votes 4 28.57%	Underperform Votes 10 71.43%
Bright Scholar Education	Outperform Votes 211 60.63%	Underperform Votes 137 39.37%

Does the media refer more to YQ or BEDU?

In the previous week, 17 Education & Technology Group had 5 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for 17 Education & Technology Group and 2 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. 17 Education & Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of 0.00 indicating that 17 Education & Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
17 Education & Technology Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bright Scholar Education	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Bright Scholar Education beats 17 Education & Technology Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.