EVgo (EVGO) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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. 2.3% of Laureate Education shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 67.0% of EVgo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and 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	10.30
EVgo	$239.31M	3.09	-$42.43M	-$0.42	-5.81

Does the media prefer LAUR or EVGO?

In the previous week, Laureate Education had 5 more articles in the media than EVgo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Laureate Education and 8 mentions for EVgo. Laureate Education's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat EVgo's score of 0.45 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EVgo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.05%. EVgo has a consensus price target of $6.11, suggesting a potential upside of 150.46%. Given EVgo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 MarketBeat Community favor LAUR or EVGO?

Laureate Education received 258 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.77% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote while only 51.19% 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 43 51.19%	Underperform Votes 41 48.81%

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 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.