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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

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 18.3%. Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. TAL Education Group pays out 947.4% 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 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Co. International has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$2.07B	2.87	-$3.57M	$0.19	51.76
Service Co. International	$4.19B	2.69	$518.65M	$3.55	21.98

Is TAL or SCI more profitable?

Service Co. International has a net margin of 12.39% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 5.77%. Service Co. International's return on equity of 32.18% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	5.77%	3.22%	2.23%
Service Co. International	12.39%	32.18%	3.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group received 187 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 61.62% of users gave TAL Education Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TAL Education Group	Outperform Votes 525 61.62%	Underperform Votes 327 38.38%
Service Co. International	Outperform Votes 338 67.06%	Underperform Votes 166 32.94%

Which has more volatility & risk, TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% 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.

Does the media refer more to TAL or SCI?

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 7 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Service Co. International and 4 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.15 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Service Co. International	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group currently has a consensus price target of $15.53, indicating a potential upside of 57.94%. Service Co. International has a consensus price target of $88.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.40%. Given TAL Education Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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

Summary

Service Co. International beats TAL Education Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.