LAUR vs. SCI, TAL, EDU, GHC, DRVN, MCW, AFYA, PRDO, UDMY, and HTZ
Should you be buying Laureate Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Laureate Education include Service Co. International (SCI), TAL Education Group (TAL), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Graham (GHC), Driven Brands (DRVN), 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.
Laureate Education vs.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Service Co. International has higher revenue and earnings than Laureate Education. Laureate Education 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.
Laureate Education has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Service Co. International's net margin of 12.39%. Laureate Education's return on equity of 32.35% beat Service Co. International's return on equity.
Service Co. International received 37 more outperform votes than Laureate Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Laureate Education an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Laureate Education had 4 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Laureate Education and 4 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Laureate Education's score of 1.19 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Service Co. International currently has a consensus price target of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.72%. Laureate Education has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.84%. Given Service Co. International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than Laureate Education.
Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Laureate Education pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Service Co. International pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Laureate Education pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Service Co. International has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Laureate Education is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Service Co. International beats Laureate Education on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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