Stride (LRN) Competitors $102.80 +1.14 (+1.12%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends LRN vs. BFAM, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, UTI, LINC, APEI, EDU, TAL, and GHCShould you be buying Stride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stride include Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), 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). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector. Stride vs. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Grand Canyon Education Adtalem Global 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 Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk. Is LRN or BFAM more profitable? Stride has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 4.44%. Stride's return on equity of 21.23% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Stride11.38% 21.23% 12.70% Bright Horizons Family Solutions 4.44%13.23%4.39% Does the media refer more to LRN or BFAM? In the previous week, Stride had 1 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Stride and 9 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Stride's score of 0.89 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Stride 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 6 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has higher valuation and earnings, LRN or BFAM? Stride has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioStride$2.11B2.12$204.18M$5.5018.69Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.42B2.61$74.22M$1.9954.45 Do analysts rate LRN or BFAM? Stride currently has a consensus price target of $90.17, suggesting a potential downside of 12.29%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus price target of $141.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.59%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions 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) 2.71Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.38 Which has more volatility and risk, LRN or BFAM? Stride has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LRN or BFAM? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 28 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.37% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStrideOutperform Votes38569.37% Underperform Votes17030.63% Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41357.60% Underperform Votes30442.40% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LRN or BFAM? 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 ExcelMetricStrideEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.48B$925.80M$8.22B$19.88BDividend YieldN/A6.51%2.75%3.52%P/E Ratio18.6911.4418.9942.95Price / Sales2.121.277.5819.18Price / Cash13.7621.3415.4717.86Price / Book3.781.715.475.52Net Income$204.18M$21.95M$265.65M$986.45M7 Day Performance3.16%0.77%-1.45%0.45%1 Month Performance59.11%0.09%-1.94%1.05%1 Year Performance76.94%8.73%15.42%24.67% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride3.1789 of 5 stars$102.80+1.1%$90.17-12.3%+77.6%$4.48B$2.11B18.697,800BFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.8633 of 5 stars$108.36-0.6%$141.50+30.6%+22.4%$6.30B$2.42B54.4531,400Analyst UpgradePositive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.6615 of 5 stars$161.40+0.2%$179.67+11.3%+19.4%$4.70B$960.90M21.175,800Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.4484 of 5 stars$87.29-0.5%$85.00-2.6%+56.5%$3.27B$1.58B19.979,938Short Interest ↓STRAStrategic Education4.4923 of 5 stars$95.52+0.7%$126.00+31.9%+7.0%$2.33B$1.13B18.193,774Dividend AnnouncementUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.9089 of 5 stars$19.89-0.3%$22.20+11.6%+77.3%$1.07B$607.41M39.783,000News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeLINCLincoln Educational Services3.7642 of 5 stars$15.38+1.5%$18.00+17.0%+63.3%$484.16M$378.07M48.062,300Insider TradeAPEIAmerican Public Education4.7319 of 5 stars$19.12-0.2%$23.00+20.3%+241.4%$338.65M$610.97M34.146,037Analyst RevisionEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.6868 of 5 stars$56.72+2.3%$99.67+75.7%-20.6%$9.63B$4.65B24.2475,005Positive NewsTALTAL Education Group2.4169 of 5 stars$10.13+2.2%$14.80+46.1%+2.7%$5.99B$1.49B92.0915,000Stock SplitGHCGraham2.6447 of 5 stars$906.69-1.3%N/A+45.2%$3.98B$4.41B17.7519,900 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors Grand Canyon Education Competitors Adtalem Global 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 Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:LRN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. 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