LINC vs. APEI, UTI, QSG, NRDY, VTRU, IH, REDU, PRDO, POWW, and GHG
Should you be buying Lincoln Educational Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Educational Services include American Public Education (APEI), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), QuantaSing Group (QSG), Nerdy (NRDY), Vitru (VTRU), iHuman (IH), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), AMMO (POWW), and GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) and American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Public Education has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of American Public Education shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of American Public Education shares are held 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.
Lincoln Educational Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Public Education. American Public Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln Educational Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Public Education received 61 more outperform votes than Lincoln Educational Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.08% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave American Public Education an outperform vote.
Lincoln Educational Services currently has a consensus target price of $12.13, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. American Public Education has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.61%. Given Lincoln Educational Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than American Public Education.
In the previous week, Lincoln Educational Services had 12 more articles in the media than American Public Education. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lincoln Educational Services and 4 mentions for American Public Education. American Public Education's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Lincoln Educational Services' score of -0.07 indicating that American Public Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lincoln Educational Services has a net margin of 6.88% compared to American Public Education's net margin of -7.87%. Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity of 9.63% beat American Public Education's return on equity.
Summary
Lincoln Educational Services beats American Public Education on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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