DRVN vs. SCI, TAL, EDU, GHC, LAUR, MCW, AFYA, PRDO, UDMY, and HTZ
Should you be buying Driven Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Driven Brands include Service Co. International (SCI), TAL Education Group (TAL), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Udemy (UDMY), and Hertz Global (HTZ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Driven Brands vs.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Co. International currently has a consensus price target of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.47%. Driven Brands has a consensus price target of $20.30, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Given Driven Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than Service Co. International.
Service Co. International received 285 more outperform votes than Driven Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 58.24% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Driven Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Service Co. International has higher revenue and earnings than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Driven Brands had 3 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Driven Brands and 4 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.48 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of 0.27%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat Driven Brands' return on equity.
Summary
Service Co. International beats Driven Brands on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DRVN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
