ATGE vs. STRA, LRN, LOPE, LAUR, AFYA, PRDO, GHC, TAL, CUK, and ATAT
Should you be buying Adtalem Global Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adtalem Global Education include Strategic Education (STRA), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Laureate Education (LAUR), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Graham (GHC), TAL Education Group (TAL), Carnival Co. & (CUK), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) and Strategic Education (NASDAQ:STRA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Adtalem Global Education had 4 more articles in the media than Strategic Education. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Adtalem Global Education and 7 mentions for Strategic Education. Strategic Education's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Adtalem Global Education's score of 0.42 indicating that Strategic Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Strategic Education has a net margin of 8.70% compared to Adtalem Global Education's net margin of 7.12%. Adtalem Global Education's return on equity of 14.06% beat Strategic Education's return on equity.
Adtalem Global Education received 29 more outperform votes than Strategic Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.31% of users gave Adtalem Global Education an outperform vote while only 55.54% of users gave Strategic Education an outperform vote.
Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Education has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Adtalem Global Education presently has a consensus target price of $63.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.97%. Strategic Education has a consensus target price of $133.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.10%. Given Strategic Education's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strategic Education is more favorable than Adtalem Global Education.
98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Strategic Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Adtalem Global Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Strategic Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Adtalem Global Education has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Education. Adtalem Global Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strategic Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Adtalem Global Education beats Strategic Education on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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