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ZVO vs. GHC, LAUR, DRVN, HTZ, MCW, AFYA, PRDO, IRS, DAO, and UDMY

Should you be buying Zovio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zovio include Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Hertz Global (HTZ), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Youdao (DAO), and Udemy (UDMY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Zovio vs.

Zovio (NYSE:ZVO) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Graham has a net margin of 4.86% compared to Zovio's net margin of 0.00%. Graham's return on equity of 5.79% beat Zovio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ZovioN/A N/A N/A
Graham 4.86%5.79%3.21%

39.3% of Zovio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Zovio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Graham had 12 more articles in the media than Zovio. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Graham and 2 mentions for Zovio. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Zovio's score of 0.00 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zovio
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Graham
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Graham received 141 more outperform votes than Zovio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.67% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Zovio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZovioOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
110
100.00%
GrahamOutperform Votes
141
62.67%
Underperform Votes
84
37.33%

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Zovio. Zovio is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zovio$230.00M0.00-$42.09M-$1.23N/A
Graham$4.79B0.84$205.29M$164.905.61

Zovio has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Graham beats Zovio on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZVO vs. The Competition

MetricZovioColleges, Universities, and Professional Schools IndustryServices SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.32B$1.32B$2.17B$19.02B
Dividend YieldN/AN/AN/A4.03%
P/E Ratio-31.32N/A2.1533.12
Price / SalesN/A5.7319.9228.04
Price / CashN/AN/AN/A17.52
Price / BookN/AN/AN/A4.51
Net Income-$42.09MN/AN/A$1.02B

Zovio Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZVO
Zovio
N/AN/AN/AN/A$1.32B$230.00M-31.321,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GHC
Graham
2.3651 of 5 stars
$876.86
-3.4%
N/A+30.8%$3.94B$4.79B17.1719,500Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2427 of 5 stars
$18.65
-2.6%
$20.00
+7.2%
+38.4%$2.81B$1.57B9.6135,000News Coverage
Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
4.0187 of 5 stars
$15.77
-3.3%
$20.50
+30.0%
+15.3%$2.59B$2.34B394.259,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$7.83
-5.0%
N/A+49.9%$2.41B$9.05B-0.8425,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MCW
Mister Car Wash
1.9729 of 5 stars
$6.81
-3.4%
$8.43
+23.8%
+2.5%$2.21B$994.73M30.966,350Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AFYA
Afya
2.4002 of 5 stars
$17.99
-1.2%
$17.60
-2.2%
+10.3%$1.69B$3.30B14.518,080Upcoming Earnings
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.1631 of 5 stars
$24.24
-4.1%
$35.00
+44.4%
+37.3%$1.59B$681.26M11.024,500Positive News
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
1.588 of 5 stars
$13.91
-4.9%
$13.00
-6.5%
+46.6%$1.11B$319.75B-3.261,401Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
DAO
Youdao
0.8929 of 5 stars
$7.73
flat
N/A+151.1%$934.71M$5.63B77.306,100News Coverage
Positive News
UDMY
Udemy
3.4811 of 5 stars
$6.01
-1.8%
$10.50
+74.7%
-31.4%$892.40M$786.57M-10.541,680Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:ZVO) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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