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

Stride received 115 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 60.35% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Universal Technical InstituteOutperform Votes
277
60.35%
Underperform Votes
182
39.65%
StrideOutperform Votes
392
69.63%
Underperform Votes
171
30.37%

In the previous week, Stride had 7 more articles in the media than Universal Technical Institute. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Stride and 11 mentions for Universal Technical Institute. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of 1.07 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$759.42M2.01$42M$0.9728.96
Stride$2.19B2.74$204.18M$5.9923.02

Universal Technical Institute presently has a consensus price target of $32.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.53%. Stride has a consensus price target of $120.17, indicating a potential downside of 12.85%. Given Universal Technical Institute's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Stride
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Stride has a net margin of 12.30% compared to Universal Technical Institute's net margin of 7.08%. Stride's return on equity of 22.42% beat Universal Technical Institute's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universal Technical Institute7.08% 21.25% 7.40%
Stride 12.30%22.42%13.73%

75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Stride shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.1% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Stride beats Universal Technical Institute on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UTI vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Technical InstituteEducational services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.53B$937.29M$7.06B$18.52B
Dividend YieldN/A9.03%3.51%4.24%
P/E Ratio28.9610.3915.8031.15
Price / Sales2.011.487.4825.69
Price / Cash16.6527.8916.4217.53
Price / Book5.452.214.124.29
Net Income$42M$22.13M$259.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.72%6.13%5.32%6.59%
1 Month Performance4.64%-5.21%-6.82%-6.88%
1 Year Performance92.25%-1.32%-6.65%1.23%

Universal Technical Institute Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UTI
Universal Technical Institute
3.9658 of 5 stars
$28.09
+2.5%
$32.17
+14.5%
+82.9%$1.53B$759.42M28.961,950Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
LRN
Stride
1.2643 of 5 stars
$126.15
+0.9%
$120.17
-4.7%
+128.3%$5.49B$2.19B21.067,500Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
LOPE
Grand Canyon Education
3.9176 of 5 stars
$166.95
-0.2%
$197.67
+18.4%
+33.2%$4.80B$1.03B21.575,500Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ATGE
Adtalem Global Education
3.904 of 5 stars
$98.94
+0.9%
$101.67
+2.8%
+125.4%$3.69B$1.69B18.424,680Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
STRA
Strategic Education
4.2511 of 5 stars
$77.93
-3.9%
$112.33
+44.1%
-21.5%$1.92B$1.22B14.843,910Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LINC
Lincoln Educational Services
3.1239 of 5 stars
$16.11
+5.2%
$21.00
+30.4%
+70.5%$508.96M$440.06M50.352,060High Trading Volume
APEI
American Public Education
3.6278 of 5 stars
$22.15
+0.7%
$25.33
+14.4%
+87.9%$398.61M$624.56M39.555,800Positive News
Gap Down
BFAM
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
4.2653 of 5 stars
$111.38
-2.8%
$137.67
+23.6%
+8.1%$6.39B$2.69B46.4125,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
GHC
Graham
1.9568 of 5 stars
$888.46
-3.8%
N/A+28.1%$3.86B$4.79B17.4019,900Positive News
High Trading Volume
LAUR
Laureate Education
4.0507 of 5 stars
$18.71
-1.4%
$20.00
+6.9%
+34.3%$2.82B$1.57B9.6435,000Positive News
PRDO
Perdoceo Education
4.4011 of 5 stars
$25.30
-0.7%
$35.00
+38.3%
+50.8%$1.67B$681.26M11.504,500Positive News
Gap Down
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