BPI vs. EVKG, IMBIQ, APEI, LINC, UTI, ATGE, STRA, LRN, LOPE, and CLEU
Should you be buying Bridgepoint Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bridgepoint Education include Ever-Glory International Group (EVKG), Legacy IMBDS (IMBIQ), American Public Education (APEI), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Strategic Education (STRA), Stride (LRN), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and China Liberal Education (CLEU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Ever-Glory International Group (NASDAQ:EVKG) and Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Ever-Glory International Group has a beta of 3.29, suggesting that its stock price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Education has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgepoint Education has a net margin of 2.32% compared to Bridgepoint Education's net margin of 0.00%. Ever-Glory International Group's return on equity of 12.26% beat Bridgepoint Education's return on equity.
Bridgepoint Education received 319 more outperform votes than Ever-Glory International Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
81.1% of Bridgepoint Education shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Ever-Glory International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of Bridgepoint Education shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bridgepoint Education has higher revenue and earnings than Ever-Glory International Group.
In the previous week, Bridgepoint Education's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ever-Glory International Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Bridgepoint Education beats Ever-Glory International Group on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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