Stride (LRN) Competitors $134.38 -4.53 (-3.26%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$134.51 +0.14 (+0.10%) As of 02/21/2025 07:53 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 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). 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 Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking. Do analysts rate BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $137.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Stride has a consensus price target of $116.83, suggesting a potential downside of 13.05%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Stride.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Does the media prefer BFAM or LRN? In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Stride. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 9 mentions for Stride. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 1.16 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Bright Horizons Family Solutions 7 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Stride 9 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 29 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.46% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.26% Underperform Votes31242.74% StrideOutperform Votes38969.46% Underperform Votes17130.54% Do insiders & institutionals believe in BFAM or LRN? 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is BFAM or LRN more profitable? Stride has a net margin of 12.30% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.22%. Stride's return on equity of 22.42% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Bright Horizons Family Solutions5.22% 13.63% 4.62% Stride 12.30%22.42%13.73% Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BFAM or LRN? Stride has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioBright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.74$140.19M$2.4052.62Stride$2.04B2.87$204.18M$5.9922.43 SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 of the 19 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 {thisCompany.Symbol} 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 ExcelMetricStrideEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.85B$1.03B$8.39B$20.05BDividend YieldN/A6.64%2.78%3.65%P/E Ratio22.4312.7114.7534.88Price / Sales2.871.506.9515.72Price / Cash19.4625.7431.2220.85Price / Book4.441.705.254.92Net Income$204.18M$21.18M$259.02M$1.02B7 Day Performance-4.15%-1.86%-2.94%-1.05%1 Month Performance15.17%2.98%-0.73%-1.39%1 Year Performance142.42%1.01%7.16%13.93% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride1.7781 of 5 stars$134.38-3.3%$116.83-13.1%+142.4%$5.85B$2.04B22.437,800Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.3979 of 5 stars$128.51+8.0%$135.33+5.3%+19.2%$7.48B$2.42B64.5831,400Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastGap UpHigh Trading VolumeLOPEGrand Canyon Education3.8891 of 5 stars$183.70+0.4%$179.67-2.2%+41.0%$5.35B$960.90M24.145,800Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageATGEAdtalem Global Education4.1877 of 5 stars$103.44+0.1%$101.67-1.7%+113.8%$3.85B$1.58B19.269,938Insider TradeSTRAStrategic Education4.012 of 5 stars$102.38+1.0%$126.00+23.1%+8.3%$2.52B$1.13B19.503,774Upcoming EarningsUTIUniversal Technical Institute2.3563 of 5 stars$28.37+4.3%$31.17+9.9%+82.7%$1.54B$759.42M29.253,700LINCLincoln Educational Services3.1781 of 5 stars$17.58+0.5%$18.00+2.4%+66.2%$553.42M$378.07M54.942,300Analyst ForecastNews CoverageAPEIAmerican Public Education3.9737 of 5 stars$21.93+0.1%$23.00+4.9%+85.7%$388.38M$600.54M39.166,037EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group1.7027 of 5 stars$55.27+3.4%$61.20+10.7%-40.8%$9.38B$4.31B23.5275,005TALTAL Education Group0.9695 of 5 stars$14.52-1.9%$15.53+7.0%+5.6%$8.78B$1.49B76.4015,000Stock SplitOptions VolumeGHCGraham2.2584 of 5 stars$959.14+0.3%N/A+30.4%$4.15B$4.41B18.7819,900 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 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIEDRobert F. 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