Afya (AFYA) Competitors

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and Graham (NYSE:GHC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is AFYA or GHC more profitable?

Afya has a net margin of 19.62% compared to Graham's net margin of 14.10%. Afya's return on equity of 18.57% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Afya	19.62%	18.57%	9.07%
Graham	14.10%	6.79%	3.81%

Is AFYA or GHC a better dividend stock?

Afya pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Graham pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Afya pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graham pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Graham has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings & valuation, AFYA or GHC?

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Afya. Graham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Afya, 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
Afya	$612.78M	2.30	$117.08M	$1.32	11.41
Graham	$4.79B	0.97	$724.63M	$155.77	6.84

Which has more risk & volatility, AFYA or GHC?

Afya has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AFYA or GHC?

In the previous week, Afya had 15 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Afya and 2 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Afya's score of 0.41 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Afya	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Graham	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AFYA or GHC?

88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Afya shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AFYA or GHC?

Afya currently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.20%. Given Afya's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Afya	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Afya beats Graham on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.