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Universal Technical Institute (UTI) Competitors

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$25.80 +0.54 (+2.14%)
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UTI vs. LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, LINC, APEI, BFAM, GHC, LAUR, and PRDO

Should you be buying Universal Technical Institute stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Technical Institute include Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), and Perdoceo Education (PRDO).

Universal Technical Institute vs.

Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Stride had 1 more articles in the media than Universal Technical Institute. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Stride and 4 mentions for Universal Technical Institute. Universal Technical Institute's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Stride's score of 0.48 indicating that Universal Technical Institute is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Universal Technical Institute
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Stride
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.6% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Stride has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Universal Technical Institute's net margin of 5.34%. Stride's return on equity of 21.23% beat Universal Technical Institute's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universal Technical Institute5.34% 16.41% 5.43%
Stride 11.38%21.23%12.70%

Stride has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Technical Institute. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Technical Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Universal Technical Institute$732.69M1.90$42M$0.7434.86
Stride$2.11B2.25$204.18M$5.5019.81

Universal Technical Institute presently has a consensus price target of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.07%. Stride has a consensus price target of $97.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.52%. Given Universal Technical Institute's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Universal Technical Institute is more favorable than Stride.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Universal Technical Institute
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Stride
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Stride received 115 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.24% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 59.73% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Universal Technical InstituteOutperform Votes
270
59.73%
Underperform Votes
182
40.27%
StrideOutperform Votes
385
69.24%
Underperform Votes
171
30.76%

Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Stride beats Universal Technical Institute on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UTI vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Technical InstituteEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.39B$918.17M$8.22B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A7.04%2.87%3.67%
P/E Ratio34.8611.7914.8139.01
Price / Sales1.901.1610.9317.61
Price / Cash14.8820.9533.5221.14
Price / Book5.331.775.655.43
Net Income$42M$20.67M$268.87M$994.60M
7 Day Performance0.12%-2.50%-2.02%-0.91%
1 Month Performance0.12%-0.24%-1.86%-1.25%
1 Year Performance97.70%-6.29%8.53%14.13%

Universal Technical Institute Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
3.8512 of 5 stars
$25.80
+2.1%
$26.33
+2.1%
+93.1%$1.39B$732.69M34.863,700Positive News
LRN
Stride
3.4136 of 5 stars
$109.73
-1.3%
$97.50
-11.1%
+87.5%$4.78B$2.11B19.957,500News Coverage
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
4.2941 of 5 stars
$161.13
+0.1%
$179.67
+11.5%
+28.4%$4.70B$1.02B21.175,800Short Interest ↓
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.3567 of 5 stars
$94.49
+3.1%
$85.00
-10.0%
+61.0%$3.54B$1.63B21.629,938Short Interest ↓
Positive News
STRA
Strategic Education
4.1546 of 5 stars
$93.67
+2.4%
$126.00
+34.5%
+1.9%$2.30B$1.21B17.843,910News Coverage
Positive News
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
4.2552 of 5 stars
$14.87
+2.6%
$18.00
+21.0%
+59.7%$468.09M$423.21M46.472,300Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
APEI
American Public Education
4.597 of 5 stars
$19.65
+1.3%
$23.00
+17.0%
+71.0%$348.04M$613.25M35.095,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.7859 of 5 stars
$114.18
+0.0%
$138.25
+21.1%
+16.3%$6.64B$2.63B57.3825,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GHC
Graham
3.356 of 5 stars
$862.18
+0.9%
N/A+26.7%$3.74B$4.71B16.8819,900Short Interest ↓
Positive News
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.085 of 5 stars
$18.25
+1.2%
$18.50
+1.4%
+39.9%$2.75B$1.55B11.5535,000Short Interest ↓
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
3.4528 of 5 stars
$26.21
+1.3%
$32.00
+22.1%
+51.4%$1.72B$652.75M13.174,350

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