OneSpaWorld (NASDAQ:OSW – Get Free Report) and Laureate Education (NASDAQ:LAUR – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for OneSpaWorld and Laureate Education, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OneSpaWorld | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Laureate Education | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.57 |
OneSpaWorld presently has a consensus price target of $30.60, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. Laureate Education has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.29%. Given OneSpaWorld’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe OneSpaWorld is more favorable than Laureate Education.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OneSpaWorld | 8.02% | 18.36% | 14.28% |
| Laureate Education | 17.57% | 23.54% | 11.72% |
Volatility and Risk
OneSpaWorld has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laureate Education has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
96.0% of OneSpaWorld shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Laureate Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of OneSpaWorld shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Laureate Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares OneSpaWorld and Laureate Education”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OneSpaWorld | $961.00 million | 2.76 | $71.62 million | $0.79 | 33.02 |
| Laureate Education | $1.70 billion | 3.11 | $281.63 million | $2.23 | 17.25 |
Laureate Education has higher revenue and earnings than OneSpaWorld. Laureate Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneSpaWorld, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
About OneSpaWorld
OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited operates health and wellness centers onboard cruise ships and at destination resorts worldwide. Its health and wellness centers offer services, such as traditional body, salon, and skin care services and products; self-service fitness facilities, specialized fitness classes, and personal fitness training; pain management, detoxifying programs, and body composition analyses; weight management programs and products; and medi-spa services. The company also provides its guests access to beauty and wellness brands, including ELEMIS, Grown Alchemist, Kérastase, Dysport, Restylane, Thermage, CoolSculpting, truSculpt 3D, truSculpt iD, Good Feet, and Hyperice with various brands offered in the cruise market. The company is based in Nassau, Bahamas.
About Laureate Education
Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company provides a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. It also offers specialized courses for technical and vocational training; and senior high school. Its services are provides in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. Laureate Education, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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