LOPE vs. LRN, STRA, ATGE, GHC, LAUR, GSX, AFYA, PRDO, CHGG, and DAO
Should you be buying Grand Canyon Education stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grand Canyon Education include Stride (LRN), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), GSX Techedu (GSX), Afya (AFYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), Chegg (CHGG), and Youdao (DAO).
Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Stride shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Grand Canyon Education received 124 more outperform votes than Stride when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.14% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 66.94% of users gave Grand Canyon Education an outperform vote.
Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stride has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Grand Canyon Education had 2 more articles in the media than Stride. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Grand Canyon Education and 9 mentions for Stride. Grand Canyon Education's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Stride's score of 0.71 indicating that Grand Canyon Education is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grand Canyon Education presently has a consensus price target of $163.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.74%. Stride has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.55%. Given Grand Canyon Education's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Grand Canyon Education is more favorable than Stride.
Grand Canyon Education has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Stride's net margin of 9.29%. Grand Canyon Education's return on equity of 31.81% beat Stride's return on equity.
Grand Canyon Education has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stride. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grand Canyon Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Grand Canyon Education beats Stride on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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