LINC vs. GPX, DL, REDU, RYB, TEDU, UTI, APEI, BFAM, LOPE, and LRN
Should you be buying Lincoln Educational Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln Educational Services include GP Strategies (GPX), China Distance Education (DL), RISE Education Cayman (REDU), RYB Education (RYB), Tarena International (TEDU), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), American Public Education (APEI), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and Stride (LRN).
Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ:LINC) and GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Lincoln Educational Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GP Strategies. Lincoln Educational Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GP Strategies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln Educational Services has a net margin of 6.57% compared to GP Strategies' net margin of 2.73%. Lincoln Educational Services' return on equity of 9.79% beat GP Strategies' return on equity.
GP Strategies received 121 more outperform votes than Lincoln Educational Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.12% of users gave GP Strategies an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave Lincoln Educational Services an outperform vote.
72.2% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of GP Strategies shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Lincoln Educational Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of GP Strategies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lincoln Educational Services and Lincoln Educational Services both had 2 articles in the media. Lincoln Educational Services' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat GP Strategies' score of 0.00 indicating that Lincoln Educational Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lincoln Educational Services presently has a consensus price target of $14.38, suggesting a potential upside of 22.65%. Given Lincoln Educational Services' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lincoln Educational Services is more favorable than GP Strategies.
Lincoln Educational Services has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GP Strategies has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lincoln Educational Services beats GP Strategies on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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