Afya (AFYA) Competitors

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

Does the media favor GHC or AFYA?

In the previous week, Graham had 4 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Graham and 1 mentions for Afya. Afya's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Graham's score of 0.31 indicating that Afya is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GHC or AFYA?

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 53.66% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graham	Outperform Votes 139 62.33%	Underperform Votes 84 37.67%
Afya	Outperform Votes 66 53.66%	Underperform Votes 57 46.34%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GHC or AFYA?

Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Afya. Afya is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, 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	$4.41B	0.92	$205.29M	$51.07	18.31
Afya	$3.19B	0.51	$77.38M	$1.24	13.99

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, GHC or AFYA?

Graham has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GHC or AFYA?

Afya has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. 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	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Summary

Graham beats Afya on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.