BEDU vs. VSTA, HCMA, CHGG, COE, QSG, YSXT, AZI, IH, STG, and YQ
Should you be buying Bright Scholar Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Scholar Education include Vasta Platform (VSTA), HCM Acquisition (HCMA), Chegg (CHGG), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), QuantaSing Group (QSG), YSX Tech (YSXT), Autozi Internet Technology (Global) (AZI), iHuman (IH), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Bright Scholar Education vs.
Bright Scholar Education (NYSE:BEDU) and Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Vasta Platform had 2 more articles in the media than Bright Scholar Education. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vasta Platform and 0 mentions for Bright Scholar Education. Vasta Platform's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Bright Scholar Education's score of -1.00 indicating that Vasta Platform is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vasta Platform has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.46%. Given Vasta Platform's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vasta Platform is more favorable than Bright Scholar Education.
Vasta Platform has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Scholar Education. Vasta Platform is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Scholar Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vasta Platform has a net margin of -3.32% compared to Bright Scholar Education's net margin of -50.19%. Vasta Platform's return on equity of 1.61% beat Bright Scholar Education's return on equity.
26.1% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vasta Platform shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.8% of Bright Scholar Education shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Vasta Platform shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bright Scholar Education received 200 more outperform votes than Vasta Platform when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.63% of users gave Bright Scholar Education an outperform vote while only 44.00% of users gave Vasta Platform an outperform vote.
Bright Scholar Education has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vasta Platform has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vasta Platform beats Bright Scholar Education on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEDU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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