AFYA vs. PRDO, ATGE, LAUR, UTI, NRDY, STRA, LRN, GHC, LOPE, and BOWL
Should you be buying Afya stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afya include Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Laureate Education (LAUR), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Nerdy (NRDY), Strategic Education (STRA), Stride (LRN), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and Bowlero (BOWL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Perdoceo Education (NASDAQ:PRDO) and Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Afya received 22 more outperform votes than Perdoceo Education when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.46% of users gave Perdoceo Education an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Afya an outperform vote.
Perdoceo Education has a net margin of 22.35% compared to Perdoceo Education's net margin of 13.54%. Afya's return on equity of 17.09% beat Perdoceo Education's return on equity.
Perdoceo Education has higher revenue and earnings than Afya. Perdoceo Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Afya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Perdoceo Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Perdoceo Education had 29 more articles in the media than Afya. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Perdoceo Education and 1 mentions for Afya. Afya's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 0.26 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perdoceo Education presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.82%. Afya has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.06%. Given Perdoceo Education's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.
Summary
Perdoceo Education beats Afya on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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