UTI vs. LRN, LOPE, ATGE, STRA, LINC, APEI, BFAM, GHC, LAUR, and AFYA
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 Afya (AFYA).
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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 15.1% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Technical Institute presently has a consensus target price of $31.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.83%. Stride has a consensus target price of $119.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.86%. Given Universal Technical Institute's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Universal Technical Institute is more favorable than Stride.
Stride received 116 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 60.18% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Stride had 6 more articles in the media than Universal Technical Institute. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Stride and 8 mentions for Universal Technical Institute. Stride's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of 0.55 indicating that Stride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Summary
Stride beats Universal Technical Institute on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UTI) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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