Stride (LRN) Competitors $136.40 -1.82 (-1.32%) Closing price 07/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$136.28 -0.12 (-0.08%) As of 07/8/2025 07:55 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LRN vs. ATGE, BFAM, LOPE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, EDU, TAL, and GHCShould you be buying Stride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stride include Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), and Graham (GHC). Stride vs. Its Competitors Adtalem Global Education Bright Horizons Family Solutions Grand Canyon Education Strategic Education Universal Technical Institute Lincoln Educational Services American Public Education New Oriental Education & Technology Group TAL Education Group Graham Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk. Which has more volatility and risk, LRN or ATGE? Stride has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adtalem Global Education has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor LRN or ATGE? In the previous week, Stride had 9 more articles in the media than Adtalem Global Education. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Stride and 8 mentions for Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Stride's score of 1.23 indicating that Adtalem Global Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Stride 12 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Adtalem Global Education 5 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LRN or ATGE? Stride has higher revenue and earnings than Adtalem Global Education. Adtalem Global Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStride$2.04B2.91$204.18M$6.4121.28Adtalem Global Education$1.58B2.82$136.78M$6.0319.92 Is LRN or ATGE more profitable? Adtalem Global Education has a net margin of 13.34% compared to Stride's net margin of 13.10%. Stride's return on equity of 23.36% beat Adtalem Global Education's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Stride13.10% 23.36% 14.66% Adtalem Global Education 13.34%17.47%8.89% Do analysts recommend LRN or ATGE? Stride presently has a consensus target price of $126.83, indicating a potential downside of 7.01%. Adtalem Global Education has a consensus target price of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. Given Adtalem Global Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Adtalem Global Education is more favorable than Stride.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71Adtalem Global Education 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders & institutionals believe in LRN or ATGE? 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Adtalem Global Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Adtalem Global Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryStride beats Adtalem Global Education on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Stride News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LRN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricStrideSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.02B$1.62B$8.27B$20.52BDividend YieldN/A5.51%3.19%3.76%P/E Ratio21.2813.0920.9127.79Price / Sales2.911.983.3340.48Price / Cash18.9514.6116.6222.26Price / Book5.022.874.634.58Net Income$204.18M$76.25M$212.37M$982.91M7 Day Performance-0.79%-0.59%36.35%0.41%1 Month Performance-3.48%5.48%44.64%3.59%1 Year Performance105.61%27.05%19.78%14.47% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride1.9 of 5 stars$136.40-1.3%$126.83-7.0%+101.9%$6.02B$2.04B21.287,800News CoveragePositive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.8041 of 5 stars$127.29-0.9%$135.67+6.6%+76.1%$4.74B$1.74B21.119,938Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.3539 of 5 stars$123.66+1.1%$138.67+12.1%+7.0%$7.08B$2.73B44.641,450Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.3653 of 5 stars$189.00-0.2%$207.67+9.9%+24.8%$5.36B$1.03B23.715,830Positive NewsSTRAStrategic Education4.711 of 5 stars$85.13-0.9%$107.67+26.5%-25.7%$2.06B$1.22B18.193,801UTIUniversal Technical Institute2.427 of 5 stars$33.88-1.9%$35.83+5.8%+89.3%$1.84B$732.69M32.583,700LINCLincoln Educational Services3.1043 of 5 stars$23.05-3.2%$24.60+6.7%+86.5%$728.15M$440.06M59.102,475News CoverageAPEIAmerican Public Education4.3284 of 5 stars$30.46-0.3%$32.20+5.7%+70.0%$549.50M$624.56M29.866,117EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group1.7048 of 5 stars$53.95-0.4%$52.00-3.6%-34.6%$9.16B$4.31B22.7675,005TALTAL Education Group1.3063 of 5 stars$10.21-4.5%$12.66+24.0%-0.7%$6.22B$2.25B72.9323,000Stock SplitGHCGraham4.1834 of 5 stars$947.21-1.2%N/A+33.7%$4.13B$4.79B6.6421,446Positive NewsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Adtalem Global Education Competitors Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors Grand Canyon Education Competitors Strategic Education Competitors Universal Technical Institute Competitors Lincoln Educational Services Competitors American Public Education Competitors New Oriental Education & Technology Group Competitors TAL Education Group Competitors Graham Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LRN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersPresidential Bombshell: $150T Resource to Be Released as soon as this Summer?Something extraordinary is happening in Washington. 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