Contrasting New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) & YogaWorks (OTCMKTS:YOGAQ)

New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE:EDU) and YogaWorks (OTCMKTS:YOGAQ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares New Oriental Education & Technology Group and YogaWorks”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	$4.90 billion	1.82	$371.72 million	$2.36	23.93
YogaWorks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

New Oriental Education & Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than YogaWorks.

Profitability

This table compares New Oriental Education & Technology Group and YogaWorks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	7.40%	11.19%	5.81%
YogaWorks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for New Oriental Education & Technology Group and YogaWorks, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New Oriental Education & Technology Group	0	3	4	1	2.75
YogaWorks	0	0	0	0	0.00

New Oriental Education & Technology Group presently has a consensus target price of $65.84, indicating a potential upside of 16.57%. Given New Oriental Education & Technology Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe New Oriental Education & Technology Group is more favorable than YogaWorks.

Summary

New Oriental Education & Technology Group beats YogaWorks on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About New Oriental Education & Technology Group

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of private educational services. It operates through the following segments: Educational Services and Test Preparation Courses, Private Label Products and Livestreaming E-Commerce, Overseas Study Consulting Services, and Educational Materials and Distribution. The company was founded by Min Hong Yu and Yong Qiang Qian on November 16, 1993, and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

About YogaWorks

YogaWorks, Inc. operates yoga studios under the YogaWorks and Yoga Tree brand names in the United States. It primarily provides yoga classes, workshops, teacher training programs, and yoga-related retail merchandise. The company offers online yoga instruction and programming services through its MyYogaWorks.com Web platform. As of May 14, 2019, it owned and operated 68 studios in Los Angeles, Orange County, Northern California, New York City, Boston, Baltimore, the Washington, D.C. area, Houston, and Atlanta. The company was formerly known as YWX Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to YogaWorks, Inc. in April 2017. YogaWorks, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Culver City, California. On October 14, 2020, YogaWorks, Inc., a Delaware C-Corporation, along with its affiliate, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The plan was later approved as Chapter 11 liquidation on May 5, 2021.