UTI vs. LRN, STRA, ATGE, LINC, APEI, BFAM, LOPE, GHC, LAUR, and AFYA
Should you be buying Universal Technical Institute stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Technical Institute include Stride (LRN), Strategic Education (STRA), Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), American Public Education (APEI), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Graham (GHC), Laureate Education (LAUR), and Afya (AFYA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) and Stride (NYSE:LRN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Stride has a net margin of 9.29% compared to Universal Technical Institute's net margin of 2.97%. Stride's return on equity of 18.29% beat Universal Technical Institute's return on equity.
In the previous week, Universal Technical Institute had 10 more articles in the media than Stride. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Universal Technical Institute and 11 mentions for Stride. Universal Technical Institute's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Stride's score of 0.14 indicating that Universal Technical Institute is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stride has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Technical Institute. Stride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Technical Institute, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Technical Institute currently has a consensus price target of $17.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.06%. Stride has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.86%. Given Universal Technical Institute's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Universal Technical Institute is more favorable than Stride.
Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more 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.
Stride received 122 more outperform votes than Universal Technical Institute when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.14% of users gave Stride an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Stride shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of Universal Technical Institute shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Stride shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Stride beats Universal Technical Institute on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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