Stride (LRN) Competitors $137.88 +3.09 (+2.30%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$135.00 -2.88 (-2.09%) As of 04/15/2025 08:00 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. 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 Stride (NYSE:LRN) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership. Do analysts rate LRN or BFAM? Stride currently has a consensus target price of $120.17, indicating a potential downside of 12.85%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus target price of $137.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.60%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 Stride 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.70 Does the MarketBeat Community favor LRN or BFAM? Bright Horizons Family Solutions received 26 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.63% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformStrideOutperform Votes39269.63% Underperform Votes17130.37% Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes41857.18% Underperform Votes31342.82% Which has more risk & volatility, LRN or BFAM? Stride has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer LRN or BFAM? In the previous week, Stride had 9 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Stride and 9 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Stride's score of 1.51 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 16 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Bright Horizons Family Solutions 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is LRN or BFAM 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 Stride12.30% 22.42% 13.73% Bright Horizons Family Solutions 5.22%13.63%4.62% Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LRN or BFAM? 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has higher valuation & 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$2.19B2.74$204.18M$5.9923.02Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.52$140.19M$2.4049.20 SummaryStride beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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$6.00B$937.29M$7.06B$18.52BDividend YieldN/A9.03%3.51%4.23%P/E Ratio23.0210.3915.8031.15Price / Sales2.741.487.4825.69Price / Cash19.0427.8916.4217.53Price / Book4.562.214.124.29Net Income$204.18M$22.13M$259.47M$1.02B7 Day Performance10.98%6.13%5.32%6.59%1 Month Performance14.02%-5.21%-6.82%-6.88%1 Year Performance136.02%-1.32%-6.65%1.23% Stride Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LRNStride1.237 of 5 stars$137.88+2.3%$120.17-12.8%+136.0%$6.00B$2.19B23.027,500Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsBFAMBright Horizons Family Solutions4.2624 of 5 stars$111.38-2.8%$137.67+23.6%+11.1%$6.39B$2.69B46.4125,800Short Interest ↓Positive NewsLOPEGrand Canyon Education3.9231 of 5 stars$166.82-0.2%$197.67+18.5%+36.9%$4.79B$1.03B21.555,500Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsGap DownATGEAdtalem Global Education3.8912 of 5 stars$98.94+0.9%$101.67+2.8%+133.3%$3.69B$1.69B18.424,680Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Positive NewsSTRAStrategic Education4.2476 of 5 stars$77.89-3.9%$112.33+44.2%-19.2%$1.92B$1.22B14.843,910Analyst ForecastNews CoverageUTIUniversal Technical Institute3.9658 of 5 stars$25.63+1.5%$32.17+25.5%+92.2%$1.39B$759.42M26.421,950Short Interest ↓Positive NewsLINCLincoln Educational Services3.1249 of 5 stars$16.06+4.8%$21.00+30.8%+77.5%$507.38M$440.06M50.192,060High Trading VolumeAPEIAmerican Public Education3.636 of 5 stars$22.13+0.6%$25.33+14.5%+91.3%$398.25M$624.56M39.525,800Positive NewsEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.4341 of 5 stars$42.75-4.2%$61.20+43.2%-46.6%$7.25B$4.82B18.1953,100Positive NewsGap DownTALTAL Education Group3.0505 of 5 stars$10.91-11.1%$15.53+42.3%-16.4%$6.60B$2.07B57.4516,200Stock SplitShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeGHCGraham1.9535 of 5 stars$888.46-3.8%N/A+29.9%$3.86B$4.79B17.4019,900Positive NewsGap Down Remove Ads 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 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 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. 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