Afya (AFYA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer GHC or AFYA?

Afya has a consensus price target of $17.60, suggesting a potential downside of 1.84%. Given Afya's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Graham.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graham	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Afya	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.40

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GHC or AFYA?

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
Graham	$4.79B	0.84	$205.29M	$164.90	5.59
Afya	$3.30B	0.51	$77.38M	$1.30	13.79

Does the media favor GHC or AFYA?

In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Graham and 6 mentions for Afya. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Afya's score of 0.29 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graham	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Afya	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHC or AFYA?

Graham received 74 more outperform votes than Afya when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 53.23% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graham	Outperform Votes 140 62.50%	Underperform Votes 84 37.50%
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 53.23%	Underperform Votes 58 46.77%

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

93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Afya 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.

Is GHC or AFYA a better dividend stock?

Graham pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Afya pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Graham pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Afya pays out 17.7% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, GHC or AFYA?

Graham has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GHC or AFYA more profitable?

Afya has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Graham's net margin of 4.86%. Afya's return on equity of 19.15% beat Graham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graham	4.86%	5.79%	3.21%
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%

Summary

Graham beats Afya on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.