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UTI vs. BFAM, LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, LINC, APEI, TAL, GHC, and LAUR

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

Universal Technical Institute vs. Its Competitors

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) and Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) are both education services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Universal Technical Institute has a net margin of 7.34% compared to Bright Horizons Family Solutions' net margin of 5.91%. Universal Technical Institute's return on equity of 21.40% beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bright Horizons Family Solutions5.91% 14.62% 5.01%
Universal Technical Institute 7.34%21.40%7.85%

Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $138.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Universal Technical Institute has a consensus price target of $35.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.82%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than Universal Technical Institute.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Universal Technical Institute
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.69B2.59$140.19M$2.7743.87
Universal Technical Institute$732.69M2.42$42M$1.0431.38

In the previous week, Bright Horizons Family Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than Universal Technical Institute. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and 5 mentions for Universal Technical Institute. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of 0.57 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Universal Technical Institute
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats Universal Technical Institute on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UTI vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Technical InstituteSCHOOLS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.84B$1.69B$8.22B$20.43B
Dividend YieldN/A5.73%3.29%3.76%
P/E Ratio31.3813.4220.5727.62
Price / Sales2.422.123.3136.40
Price / Cash19.5715.0217.1921.79
Price / Book6.742.914.544.52
Net Income$42M$76.25M$212.83M$984.47M
7 Day Performance-1.21%3.47%3.42%2.61%
1 Month Performance-9.01%9.55%9.73%4.99%
1 Year Performance99.21%27.30%9.71%13.53%

Universal Technical Institute Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
1.36 of 5 stars
$32.63
-3.7%
$35.83
+9.8%
+103.2%$1.84B$732.69M31.383,700
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.3734 of 5 stars
$122.74
+0.3%
$138.67
+13.0%
+11.7%$7.03B$2.69B44.311,450Positive News
LRN
Stride
1.4379 of 5 stars
$147.09
+0.8%
$126.83
-13.8%
+105.6%$6.40B$2.04B22.957,800Positive News
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.8139 of 5 stars
$191.67
+1.6%
$207.67
+8.3%
+33.8%$5.44B$1.05B24.055,830Positive News
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
4.3264 of 5 stars
$127.88
+2.2%
$135.67
+6.1%
+85.1%$4.76B$1.58B21.219,938News Coverage
Positive News
STRA
Strategic Education
4.6471 of 5 stars
$87.04
+1.0%
$107.67
+23.7%
-20.9%$2.10B$1.23B18.603,801
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
2.897 of 5 stars
$23.09
+2.7%
$24.60
+6.5%
+98.0%$729.48M$454.20M59.212,475
APEI
American Public Education
4.3396 of 5 stars
$30.11
+1.1%
$32.20
+6.9%
+69.3%$543.18M$624.56M29.526,117
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.5281 of 5 stars
$10.57
+2.2%
$13.13
+24.2%
-1.8%$6.39B$2.25B75.5015,000Stock Split
GHC
Graham
3.9841 of 5 stars
$967.19
+1.7%
N/A+38.7%$4.22B$4.79B6.7821,446High Trading Volume
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.2919 of 5 stars
$23.03
+2.4%
$20.50
-11.0%
+60.5%$3.43B$1.57B12.2531,800Analyst Upgrade

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