Head to Head Review: China Bilingual Technology & Education Group (OTCMKTS:CATG) versus Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA)

China Bilingual Technology & Education Group (OTCMKTS:CATG) and Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Afya shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

China Bilingual Technology & Education Group has a beta of -2.25, suggesting that its share price is 325% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afya has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for China Bilingual Technology & Education Group and Afya, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Bilingual Technology & Education Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Afya	3	2	0	0	1.40

Afya has a consensus price target of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 16.17%. Given Afya’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Afya is more favorable than China Bilingual Technology & Education Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares China Bilingual Technology & Education Group and Afya”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Bilingual Technology & Education Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Afya	$612.78 million	2.32	$117.08 million	$1.32	11.48

Afya has higher revenue and earnings than China Bilingual Technology & Education Group.

Profitability

This table compares China Bilingual Technology & Education Group and Afya’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Bilingual Technology & Education Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Afya	19.83%	19.13%	9.39%

Summary

Afya beats China Bilingual Technology & Education Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Bilingual Technology & Education Group

Capstone Technologies Group, Inc. intends to operate as a holding company. It engages in customer data platform market, and provides software design, development, and other services. The company was formerly known as China Bilingual Technology & Education Group Inc. and changed its name to Capstone Technologies Group, Inc. in April 2017. Capstone Technologies Group, Inc. is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About Afya

Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Undergrad, Continuing Education, and Digital Services. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.