Service Co. International (SCI) Competitors $76.69 -1.34 (-1.72%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SCI vs. EDU, TAL, GHC, LAUR, DRVN, MCW, PRDO, AFYA, HTZ, and UDMYShould you be buying Service Co. International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Service Co. International include New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), TAL Education Group (TAL), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), Driven Brands (DRVN), Mister Car Wash (MCW), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Afya (AFYA), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Udemy (UDMY). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry. Service Co. International vs. New Oriental Education & Technology Group TAL Education Group Graham Laureate Education Driven Brands Mister Car Wash Perdoceo Education Afya Hertz Global Udemy New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) and Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk. Do analysts prefer EDU or SCI? New Oriental Education & Technology Group currently has a consensus target price of $61.20, indicating a potential upside of 37.78%. Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than Service Co. International.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score New Oriental Education & Technology Group 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Service Co. International 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EDU or SCI? 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of New Oriental Education & Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is EDU or SCI more profitable? Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to New Oriental Education & Technology Group's net margin of 8.13%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets New Oriental Education & Technology Group8.13% 9.48% 5.17% Service Co. International 12.39%32.18%3.03% Which has more volatility and risk, EDU or SCI? New Oriental Education & Technology Group has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EDU or SCI? Service Co. International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. New Oriental Education & Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Co. International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioNew Oriental Education & Technology Group$4.82B1.56$309.59M$2.3518.90Service Co. International$4.19B2.68$518.65M$3.5521.89 Does the media refer more to EDU or SCI? In the previous week, Service Co. International had 6 more articles in the media than New Oriental Education & Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Service Co. International and 7 mentions for New Oriental Education & Technology Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat New Oriental Education & Technology Group's score of 1.54 indicating that Service Co. International is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment New Oriental Education & Technology Group 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Service Co. International 12 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EDU or SCI? New Oriental Education & Technology Group received 262 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.06% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 65.86% of users gave New Oriental Education & Technology Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformNew Oriental Education & Technology GroupOutperform Votes60065.86% Underperform Votes31134.14% Service Co. InternationalOutperform Votes33867.06% Underperform Votes16632.94% SummaryService Co. International beats New Oriental Education & Technology Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Service Co. International News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SCI 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 SCI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricService Co. InternationalPersonal services IndustryStaples SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$11.20B$1.24B$17.03B$18.50BDividend Yield1.70%1.87%3.02%4.23%P/E Ratio21.8911.2115.3331.22Price / Sales2.6825.083.6725.58Price / Cash13.3330.5116.3917.53Price / Book6.682.486.264.29Net Income$518.65M$76.26M$734.35M$1.02B7 Day Performance3.50%0.59%0.58%-0.60%1 Month Performance-1.05%-8.90%-1.57%-6.70%1 Year Performance12.20%-4.82%-1.27%1.90% Service Co. International Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SCIService Co. International3.2029 of 5 stars$76.69-1.7%$88.50+15.4%+11.9%$11.05B$4.19B21.6017,600News CoveragePositive NewsEDUNew Oriental Education & Technology Group3.4357 of 5 stars$42.75-4.2%$61.20+43.2%-46.6%$7.25B$4.82B18.1953,100Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap DownTALTAL Education Group3.0467 of 5 stars$10.91-11.1%$15.53+42.3%-16.4%$6.60B$2.07B57.4516,200Stock SplitShort Interest ↓Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeGHCGraham1.9581 of 5 stars$888.46-3.8%N/A+29.9%$3.86B$4.79B17.4019,900Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeLAURLaureate Education4.0495 of 5 stars$18.71-1.4%$20.00+6.9%+38.5%$2.82B$1.57B9.6435,000Positive NewsGap DownDRVNDriven Brands3.825 of 5 stars$15.43-4.2%$20.50+32.9%+12.8%$2.53B$2.34B385.759,900Positive NewsMCWMister Car Wash1.8327 of 5 stars$7.16-1.8%$8.43+17.7%+10.0%$2.32B$994.73M32.556,350Gap DownPRDOPerdoceo Education4.3273 of 5 stars$25.30-0.7%$35.00+38.3%+53.9%$1.67B$681.26M11.504,500Positive NewsGap DownAFYAAfya2.054 of 5 stars$16.99-0.5%$17.60+3.6%+6.1%$1.59B$3.30B13.708,080News CoverageHTZHertz GlobalN/A$3.94+6.5%N/A-47.1%$1.21B$9.05B-0.4225,000News CoverageGap UpUDMYUdemy3.7318 of 5 stars$6.04-9.2%$10.68+76.9%-37.2%$892.37M$786.57M-10.601,680Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓High Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies EDU Competitors TAL Competitors GHC Competitors LAUR Competitors DRVN Competitors MCW Competitors PRDO Competitors AFYA Competitors HTZ Competitors UDMY 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:SCI) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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