EVgo (EVGO) Competitors

Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) and EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Is LAUR or EVGO more profitable?

Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to EVgo's net margin of -18.60%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat EVgo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laureate Education	18.92%	32.35%	14.39%
EVgo	-18.60%	N/A	-5.62%

Do analysts prefer LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.08%. EVgo has a consensus price target of $5.78, suggesting a potential upside of 138.75%. Given EVgo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EVgo is more favorable than Laureate Education.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laureate Education	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
EVgo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to LAUR or EVGO?

In the previous week, EVgo had 1 more articles in the media than Laureate Education. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for EVgo and 8 mentions for Laureate Education. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat EVgo's score of 0.54 indicating that Laureate Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Laureate Education	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EVgo	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LAUR or EVGO?

96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.0% of EVgo shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education received 254 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.77% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote while only 52.81% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laureate Education	Outperform Votes 301 57.77%	Underperform Votes 220 42.23%
EVgo	Outperform Votes 47 52.81%	Underperform Votes 42 47.19%

Which has better valuation & earnings, LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education has higher revenue and earnings than EVgo. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laureate Education, 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
Laureate Education	$1.57B	1.85	$107.59M	$1.94	9.91
EVgo	$256.83M	2.89	-$42.43M	-$0.41	-5.90

Summary

Laureate Education beats EVgo on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.