Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM – Get Free Report) and SunCar Technology Group (NASDAQ:SDA – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and SunCar Technology Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bright Horizons Family Solutions | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.20 |
| SunCar Technology Group | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $79.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.99%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bright Horizons Family Solutions is more favorable than SunCar Technology Group.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.3% of SunCar Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of SunCar Technology Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Bright Horizons Family Solutions and SunCar Technology Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bright Horizons Family Solutions | -4.38% | 23.72% | 6.45% |
| SunCar Technology Group | 0.60% | 3.52% | 1.23% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Bright Horizons Family Solutions and SunCar Technology Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bright Horizons Family Solutions | $2.93 billion | 0.85 | $193.12 million | ($2.97) | -17.50 |
| SunCar Technology Group | $489.29 million | 0.10 | -$3.94 million | $0.03 | 14.67 |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than SunCar Technology Group. Bright Horizons Family Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunCar Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bright Horizons Family Solutions beats SunCar Technology Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. provides early education and childcare, back-up care, educational advisory, and other workplace solutions services for employers and families in the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and India. The company operates in three segments: Full Service Center-Based Child Care, Back-Up Care, and Educational Advisory and Other Services. The Full Service Center-Based Child Care segment offers traditional center-based child care and early education, preschool, and elementary education services. The Back-Up Care segment provides center-based back-up child care, in-home child and adult/elder dependent care, school-age camps, virtual tutoring, and self-sourced reimbursed care services through child care centers, school-age campuses, and in-home caregivers, as well as the back-up care network. The Educational Advisory and Other Services segment offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment program administration, workforce education, and related educational consulting services, as well as college admissions and college financial advisory services. The company was formerly known as Bright Horizons Solutions Corp. and changed its name to Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. in July 2012. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
About SunCar Technology Group
SunCar Technology Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides digitalized automotive after-sales service and online insurance intermediation services in the People's Republic of China. It operates through three segments: Insurance Intermediation Business; Automotive After-Sales Business; and Technology Business. The company offers customized after-sale services to banking, insurance companies, and other customer types; and auto mobile insurance comprising statutory automobile liability insurance and commercial automobile insurance. In addition, it provides auto insurance SaaS products and other technical services. The company is based in Shanghai, China.
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