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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group received 187 more outperform votes than Service Co. International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.33% 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 67.33%	Underperform Votes 164 32.67%

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 13.8%. 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.

Do analysts prefer TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group currently has a consensus target price of $15.53, suggesting a potential upside of 19.49%. Service Co. International has a consensus target price of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.72%. Given TAL Education Group's higher possible upside, research 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

Which has better 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	$2.07B	3.80	-$3.57M	$0.19	68.42
Service Co. International	$4.19B	2.70	$518.65M	$3.55	22.12

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, TAL or SCI?

TAL Education Group has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Co. International has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to TAL or SCI?

In the previous week, Service Co. International had 1 more articles in the media than TAL Education Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Service Co. International and 3 mentions for TAL Education Group. Service Co. International's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat TAL Education Group's score of 0.83 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)	Positive
Service Co. International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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