IRS vs. GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, HTZ, UDMY, SDA, and GOTU
Should you be buying IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima include Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Hertz Global (HTZ), Udemy (UDMY), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), and Gaotu Techedu (GOTU). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima vs.
Graham (NYSE:GHC) and IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:IRS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Graham has higher revenue and earnings than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Graham shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.1% of IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Graham pays an annual dividend of $6.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Graham pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima pays out -13.6% 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. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima received 34 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.33% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 51.34% of users gave IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.
Graham has a net margin of 4.86% compared to IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's net margin of -79.31%. IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 8.24% beat Graham's return on equity.
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 20.44%. Given IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Graham.
In the previous week, Graham had 2 more articles in the media than IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Graham and 3 mentions for IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.50 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Graham has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Graham and IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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