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Afya (AFYA) Competitors

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$15.50 +0.26 (+1.71%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

AFYA vs. GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, IRS, UDMY, HTZ, DAO, and SDA

Should you be buying Afya stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afya include Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS), Udemy (UDMY), Hertz Global (HTZ), Youdao (DAO), and SunCar Technology Group (SDA). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.

Afya vs.

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

Afya currently has a consensus target price of $19.38, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Afya's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Afya is more favorable than Graham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Afya
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Graham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Afya has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Afya$3.19B0.46$77.38M$1.2412.50
Graham$4.71B0.81$205.29M$51.0717.19

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 54.55% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AfyaOutperform Votes
66
54.55%
Underperform Votes
55
45.45%
GrahamOutperform Votes
139
62.33%
Underperform Votes
84
37.67%

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
Afya18.42% 19.15% 9.43%
Graham 4.86%5.79%3.21%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of Graham shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, Afya had 2 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Afya and 4 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Afya's score of 0.19 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AFYA vs. The Competition

MetricAfyaEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.45B$914.59M$8.38B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A6.52%2.82%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.5011.9118.3317.19
Price / Sales0.461.0415.50116.80
Price / Cash9.0721.1033.4537.86
Price / Book1.991.715.564.78
Net Income$77.38M$20.67M$267.23M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-0.90%-4.33%-2.06%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-4.67%-1.90%-0.12%3.37%
1 Year Performance-28.64%-1.73%10.21%16.58%

Afya Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFYA
Afya
2.6126 of 5 stars
$15.50
+1.7%
$19.38
+25.0%
-27.6%$1.45B$3.19B12.509,680
GHC
Graham
2.8226 of 5 stars
$910.46
+1.1%
N/A+29.0%$3.95B$4.71B17.6419,900Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
3.8713 of 5 stars
$19.03
+0.5%
$18.50
-2.8%
+33.4%$2.87B$1.48B11.9828,900Positive News
DRVN
Driven Brands
2.4361 of 5 stars
$16.89
+0.9%
$17.86
+5.8%
+15.7%$2.77B$2.33B418.5010,600
MCW
Mister Car Wash
3.2027 of 5 stars
$7.48
-1.3%
$9.25
+23.7%
-15.5%$2.41B$973.70M32.966,600News Coverage
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.5058 of 5 stars
$27.94
+2.2%
$32.00
+14.5%
+49.7%$1.84B$652.75M13.744,350Positive News
IRS
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima
1.2386 of 5 stars
$17.06
+3.7%
$13.00
-23.8%
+74.5%$1.32B$323.48B-3.691,401News Coverage
UDMY
Udemy
1.7526 of 5 stars
$8.27
+4.2%
$10.92
+32.1%
-47.1%$1.21B$728.94M-12.601,443
HTZ
Hertz Global
N/A$3.82
-9.5%
N/A-65.7%$1.17B$9.19B-0.4325,000
DAO
Youdao
0.4345 of 5 stars
$7.83
+1.2%
N/A+78.0%$946.80M$5.77B114.294,364Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
SDA
SunCar Technology Group
1.9782 of 5 stars
$8.98
+7.0%
N/A+21.6%$930.69M$363.75M0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AFYA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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