TAL Education Group (TAL) Competitors

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TAL or SCI?

Service Co. International has higher revenue and earnings than TAL Education Group. Service Co. International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TAL Education Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TAL Education Group	$1.84B	3.25	-$3.57M	$0.11	89.70
Service Co. International	$4.10B	2.71	$537.32M	$3.44	22.36

Is TAL or SCI more profitable?

Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.19% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 3.94%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 31.84% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	3.94%	1.97%	1.41%
Service Co. International	12.19%	31.84%	2.98%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group received 186 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.87% of users gave Service Co. International an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 524 61.65%	Underperform Votes 326 38.35%
Service Co. International	Outperform Votes 338 67.87%	Underperform Votes 160 32.13%

Does the media prefer TAL or SCI?

In the previous week, TAL Education Group had 3 more articles in the media than Service Co. International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TAL Education Group and 3 mentions for Service Co. International. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.19 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
TAL Education Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Service Co. International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group currently has a consensus target price of $14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 49.99%. Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.05%. Given TAL Education Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Service Co. International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Service Co. International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TAL or SCI?

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Service Co. International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TAL or SCI a better dividend stock?

TAL Education Group pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. TAL Education Group pays out 1,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Service Co. International pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Co. International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Service Co. International beats TAL Education Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.