EVgo (EVGO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.48%. EVgo has a consensus target price of $5.78, suggesting a potential upside of 120.53%. Given EVgo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 favor LAUR or EVGO?

In the previous week, Laureate Education and Laureate Education both had 5 articles in the media. EVgo's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Laureate Education's score of 0.88 indicating that EVgo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Laureate Education	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EVgo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LAUR or EVGO?

96.3% of Laureate Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of EVgo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Laureate Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.8% of EVgo 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 stronger earnings & valuation, 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	1.92	$107.59M	$1.94	10.26
EVgo	$256.83M	3.12	-$42.43M	-$0.41	-6.39

Which has more risk & volatility, LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

Laureate Education beats EVgo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.