AFYA vs. PRDO, ATGE, LAUR, STRA, UTI, LRN, GHC, LOPE, SGHC, and HBI
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), Strategic Education (STRA), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Stride (LRN), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Super Group (SGHC), and Hanesbrands (HBI). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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 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 net margin of 22.35% compared to Perdoceo Education's net margin of 16.20%. Perdoceo Education's return on equity of 17.51% beat Afya's return on equity.
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. Comparatively, 0.8% of Afya shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Afya had 4 more articles in the media than Perdoceo Education. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Afya and 2 mentions for Perdoceo Education. Afya's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Perdoceo Education's score of 0.86 indicating that Perdoceo Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perdoceo Education has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perdoceo Education currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Afya has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.62%. Given Perdoceo Education's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Perdoceo Education.
Summary
Perdoceo Education beats Afya on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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