RYB Education (NYSE: RYB) is one of 42 publicly-traded companies in the “Educational services” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare RYB Education to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares RYB Education and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| RYB Education | $140.80 million | $7.11 million | 63.15 |
| RYB Education Competitors | $515.82 million | $30.04 million | 17.50 |
Profitability
This table compares RYB Education and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| RYB Education | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| RYB Education Competitors | -14.47% | -23.11% | -6.46% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for RYB Education and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| RYB Education | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| RYB Education Competitors | 132 | 606 | 694 | 12 | 2.41 |
As a group, “Educational services” companies have a potential upside of 4.86%. Given RYB Education’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RYB Education has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
5.4% of RYB Education shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.7% of shares of all “Educational services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of shares of all “Educational services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
RYB Education rivals beat RYB Education on 8 of the 12 factors compared.
RYB Education Company Profile
RYB Education, Inc. provides early childhood education services in China. It offers kindergarten preschool educational services to 2-6-year-old children; and play-and-learn centers services for the joint participation of 0-6-year-old children and their families to promote children's development and prepare them for kindergartens and primary schools. The company also develops and sells educational products and services, such as teaching aids, educational toys, textbooks, and at-home education products and services to franchisees, as well as directly to a market of families. As of June 30, 2017, it operated 80 owned kindergartens and 175 franchised kindergartens; and 853 play-and-learn centers. The company was formerly known as Top Margin Limited and changed its name to RYB Education, Inc. in June 2017. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Beijing, China.
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