Stride (LRN) Competitors $105.21 -0.87 (-0.82%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM 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). 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, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts recommend BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $140.75, indicating a potential upside of 30.01%. Stride has a consensus target price of $97.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.33%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71 Is BFAM or LRN 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 Bright Horizons Family Solutions4.44% 13.23% 4.39% Stride 11.38%21.23%12.70% Does the media favor BFAM or LRN? In the previous week, Stride had 3 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Stride and 4 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Stride's score of 1.00 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Bright Horizons Family Solutions 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Stride 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has higher 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$2.63B2.40$74.22M$1.9954.40Stride$2.11B2.17$204.18M$5.5019.13 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 30 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.24% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.64% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41557.64% Underperform Votes30542.36% StrideOutperform Votes38569.24% Underperform Votes17130.76% Which has more risk and volatility, BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 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$4.59B$914.60M$8.39B$19.18BDividend YieldN/A6.33%2.80%3.58%P/E Ratio19.1311.9118.3341.22Price / Sales2.171.0415.5417.58Price / Cash14.5621.1033.4521.28Price / Book3.871.715.565.32Net Income$204.18M$20.67M$267.23M$989.67M7 Day Performance-0.95%-4.33%-2.09%-3.45%1 Month Performance1.80%-1.90%-0.16%-3.73%1 Year Performance77.81%-1.73%10.18%12.06% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride2.6954 of 5 stars$105.21-0.8%$97.50-7.3%+76.7%$4.59B$2.11B19.137,800Positive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.9603 of 5 stars$108.39-1.2%$140.75+29.9%+18.3%$6.31B$2.63B55.0031,400Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.5493 of 5 stars$167.97+0.7%$179.67+7.0%+14.2%$4.90B$1.02B21.925,800Insider TradePositive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.1847 of 5 stars$90.37+1.8%$85.00-5.9%+46.9%$3.39B$1.63B20.559,938News CoveragePositive NewsSTRAStrategic Education4.5582 of 5 stars$101.00+2.0%$126.00+24.8%+1.1%$2.48B$1.13B18.863,774Positive NewsUTIUniversal Technical Institute4.2549 of 5 stars$26.36+2.3%$25.33-3.9%+124.4%$1.42B$732.69M34.823,700Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageLINCLincoln Educational Services3.892 of 5 stars$16.23+1.4%$18.00+10.9%+59.0%$510.92M$378.07M50.032,300APEIAmerican Public Education4.1104 of 5 stars$23.16+3.9%$23.00-0.7%+142.9%$410.21M$613.25M39.806,037Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓EDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.9257 of 5 stars$59.48-2.5%$99.67+67.6%-15.2%$10.09B$4.65B25.5475,005Positive NewsGap DownTALTAL Education Group2.289 of 5 stars$9.81-3.3%$14.80+50.9%-19.7%$5.93B$1.84B92.2715,000Stock SplitGHCGraham2.8274 of 5 stars$910.46+1.1%N/A+29.0%$3.95B$4.71B17.6419,900Positive News 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 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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