VTRU vs. UTI, DAO, CHGG, LINC, NRDY, APEI, VSTA, STG, QSG, and YQ
Should you be buying Vitru stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitru include Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Youdao (DAO), Chegg (CHGG), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), Nerdy (NRDY), American Public Education (APEI), Vasta Platform (VSTA), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), QuantaSing Group (QSG), and 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ). These companies are all part of the "educational services" industry.
Vitru (NASDAQ:VTRU) and Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Vitru has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Technical Institute. Vitru 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 received 233 more outperform votes than Vitru when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.62% of users gave Vitru an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Universal Technical Institute an outperform vote.
Vitru has a net margin of 5.44% compared to Universal Technical Institute's net margin of 2.97%. Vitru's return on equity of 10.95% beat Universal Technical Institute's return on equity.
In the previous week, Universal Technical Institute had 20 more articles in the media than Vitru. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Universal Technical Institute and 2 mentions for Vitru. Vitru's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Universal Technical Institute's score of 0.30 indicating that Vitru is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Technical Institute has a consensus target price of $17.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Universal Technical Institute's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Universal Technical Institute is more favorable than Vitru.
Vitru has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Technical Institute has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.5% of Vitru shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vitru shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Universal Technical Institute shares are owned by company 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
Universal Technical Institute beats Vitru on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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