PWSC vs. GHC, MLCO, VAC, TNL, RLX, LRN, ASAI, PRKS, MODG, and YETI
Should you be buying PowerSchool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerSchool include Graham (GHC), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Travel + Leisure (TNL), RLX Technology (RLX), Stride (LRN), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), and YETI (YETI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Graham (NYSE:GHC) and PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Graham has a net margin of 6.12% compared to Graham's net margin of -5.37%. Graham's return on equity of 6.13% beat PowerSchool's return on equity.
PowerSchool has a consensus price target of $25.44, indicating a potential upside of 40.89%. Given Graham's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PowerSchool is more favorable than Graham.
Graham has higher revenue and earnings than PowerSchool. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.5% of Graham shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of PowerSchool shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Graham shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PowerSchool shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Graham received 81 more outperform votes than PowerSchool when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 58.89% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote.
Graham has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerSchool has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PowerSchool had 28 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for PowerSchool and 10 mentions for Graham. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Graham's score of 0.15 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Graham beats PowerSchool on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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