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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TAL or SCI?

37.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Service Co. International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of TAL Education Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Service Co. International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TAL or SCI?

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 13 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Service Co. International and 2 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat TAL Education Group's score of 1.00 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Service Co. International	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group presently has a consensus target price of $15.53, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.06%. Given Service Co. International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Service Co. International is more favorable than TAL Education Group.

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

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$1.49B	5.85	-$3.57M	$0.19	75.81
Service Co. International	$4.19B	2.72	$518.65M	$3.55	22.25

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 prefer TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group received 187 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.60% 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 67.60%	Underperform Votes 162 32.40%

Summary

Service Co. International beats TAL Education Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.