New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU) Competitors

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Does the media refer more to TAL or EDU?

In the previous week, New Oriental Education & Technology Group had 1 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group and 4 mentions for TAL Education Group. TAL Education Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 0.67 indicating that New Oriental Education & Technology Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TAL or EDU?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TAL or EDU?

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TAL or EDU?

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than TAL Education Group. TAL Education Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Oriental Education & Technology Group, 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
TAL Education Group	$1.49B	5.53	-$3.57M	-$0.01	-1,291.71
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	$3.00B	4.65	$177.34M	$1.86	44.18

Do analysts rate TAL or EDU?

TAL Education Group presently has a consensus price target of $12.37, suggesting a potential downside of 4.36%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus price target of $97.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.86%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAL or EDU?

New Oriental Education & Technology Group received 75 more outperform votes than TAL Education Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.41% of users gave New Oriental Education & Technology Group an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 522 61.92%	Underperform Votes 321 38.08%
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	Outperform Votes 597 66.41%	Underperform Votes 302 33.59%

Is TAL or EDU more profitable?

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a net margin of 7.72% compared to New Oriental Education & Technology Group's net margin of -0.24%. TAL Education Group's return on equity of 8.11% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	-0.24%	-0.10%	-0.07%
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	7.72%	8.11%	4.75%

Summary

New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats TAL Education Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.