Stride (LRN) Competitors $113.90 +0.95 (+0.84%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern This is a fair market value 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 30 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.30% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.54% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformBright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41657.54% Underperform Votes30742.46% StrideOutperform Votes38669.30% Underperform Votes17130.70% Do insiders and institutionals believe in BFAM or LRN? 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $138.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.69%. Stride has a consensus target price of $102.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.01%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher possible upside, equities research 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) 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 Which has better earnings & 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$2.63B2.60$74.22M$1.9959.03Stride$2.04B2.43$204.18M$5.5020.71 Which has more risk and volatility, BFAM or LRN? Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. 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 refer more to BFAM or LRN? In the previous week, Stride had 4 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Stride and 5 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Stride's score of 0.70 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 4 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) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 of the 18 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$4.96B$969.94M$8.50B$19.94BDividend YieldN/A7.06%2.88%3.71%P/E Ratio20.7112.2614.6241.41Price / Sales2.431.473.1716.25Price / Cash15.2419.3430.6819.84Price / Book4.191.815.965.76Net Income$204.18M$20.67M$274.28M$993.25M7 Day Performance3.80%3.06%2.17%3.12%1 Month Performance8.26%6.51%1.99%4.75%1 Year Performance84.78%-2.10%10.31%18.83% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride3.6541 of 5 stars$113.90+0.8%$102.50-10.0%+84.7%$4.96B$2.04B20.717,800Analyst ForecastBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.8074 of 5 stars$114.25+0.1%$138.25+21.0%+19.6%$6.65B$2.63B57.4125,800Short Interest ↓News CoverageLOPEGrand Canyon Education4.4041 of 5 stars$160.13-0.5%$179.67+12.2%+36.5%$4.67B$1.02B21.045,800Positive NewsATGEAdtalem Global Education4.5195 of 5 stars$93.64+2.2%$85.00-9.2%+58.4%$3.51B$1.63B21.439,938Analyst ForecastNews CoverageSTRAStrategic Education4.3381 of 5 stars$93.00+1.6%$126.00+35.5%+2.5%$2.28B$1.21B17.713,910Analyst RevisionPositive NewsUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.5637 of 5 stars$24.94+0.7%$26.33+5.6%+90.3%$1.35B$732.69M33.703,700Analyst ForecastLINCLincoln Educational Services4.1474 of 5 stars$14.71+1.4%$18.00+22.4%+72.4%$463.06M$423.21M45.972,300APEIAmerican Public Education4.3943 of 5 stars$19.63+1.2%$23.00+17.2%+78.1%$347.69M$613.25M35.055,800Short Interest ↓Positive NewsEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.0751 of 5 stars$59.25-3.8%$99.67+68.2%-15.4%$10.05B$4.31B25.3275,005News CoverageTALTAL Education Group3.3906 of 5 stars$9.35+1.1%$14.80+58.3%-11.1%$5.66B$1.84B85.0016,200Upcoming EarningsStock SplitGHCGraham3.1557 of 5 stars$855.57+0.1%N/A+28.2%$3.71B$4.71B16.7519,900Dividend Increase 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 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersLast time you’ll see this priced at $1.00When was the last time you bought something for a buck? 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