EDU vs. SCI, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, UDMY, and EVGO
Should you be buying New Oriental Education & Technology Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Oriental Education & Technology Group include Service Co. International (SCI), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Udemy (UDMY), and EVgo (EVGO). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group vs.
Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Service Co. International currently has a consensus target price of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.05%. New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a consensus target price of $99.67, suggesting a potential upside of 63.77%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than Service Co. International.
Service Co. International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Service Co. International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Oriental Education & Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group received 261 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.87% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 66.26% of users gave New Oriental Education & Technology Group an outperform vote.
85.5% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Service Co. International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.19% compared to New Oriental Education & Technology Group's net margin of 8.38%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 31.84% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.
Service Co. International has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Service Co. International had 3 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Service Co. International and 2 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of -0.33 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Service Co. International beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EDU) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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