Afya (AFYA) Competitors

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

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

88.0% of Afya shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Afya shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AFYA or GHC a better dividend stock?

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

Does the media prefer AFYA or GHC?

In the previous week, Graham had 3 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Graham and 4 mentions for Afya. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Afya's score of 0.09 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts prefer AFYA or GHC?

Afya currently has a consensus target price of $17.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.60%. Given Afya's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Graham.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AFYA or GHC?

Graham received 73 more outperform votes than Afya when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 53.23% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 53.23%	Underperform Votes 58 46.77%
Graham	Outperform Votes 139 62.33%	Underperform Votes 84 37.67%

Which has better earnings and 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	$3.30B	0.51	$77.38M	$1.30	13.90
Graham	$4.79B	0.87	$205.29M	$164.90	5.82

Which has more risk & volatility, AFYA or GHC?

Afya has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AFYA or GHC 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
Afya	18.42%	19.15%	9.43%
Graham	4.86%	5.79%	3.21%

Summary

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