TAL Education Group (TAL) Competitors

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) and Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) are both personal services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is TAL or SCI more profitable?

Service Corporation International has a net margin of 12.60% compared to TAL Education Group's net margin of 4.33%. Service Corporation International's return on equity of 32.84% beat TAL Education Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TAL Education Group	4.33%	2.81%	1.87%
Service Corporation International	12.60%	32.84%	3.05%

Do analysts rate TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group presently has a consensus target price of $12.66, suggesting a potential upside of 12.85%. Service Corporation International has a consensus target price of $90.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.14%. Given TAL Education Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TAL Education Group is more favorable than Service Corporation International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TAL Education Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Service Corporation International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TAL or SCI?

Service Corporation International has higher revenue and earnings than TAL Education Group. Service Corporation 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	$2.25B	3.04	$84.59M	$0.17	65.99
Service Corporation International	$4.19B	2.70	$518.65M	$3.69	21.87

Does the media favor TAL or SCI?

In the previous week, Service Corporation International had 9 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Service Corporation International and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Corporation International's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Service Corporation International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TAL Education Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Service Corporation International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Corporation International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Service Corporation International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Corporation International has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Service Corporation International beats TAL Education Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.