Investors with an interest in Schools stocks have likely encountered both Afya (AFYA) and American Public Education (APEI) . But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now? Let's take a closer look.There are plenty of strategies for discovering value stocks, but we have found that pairing a strong Zacks Rank with an impressive grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system produces the best returns. The proven Zacks Rank puts an emphasis on earnings esti ...

Laureate Education (LAUR) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.17 per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to a loss of $0.11 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. A quarter ago, it was expected that this for-profit higher education purveyor would post earnings of $0.76 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.76, delivering no surprise.Over the last four quarters, the company has not been able to surpass consensus EPS estimates.Laureat ...

核心业绩表现 - 本季度每股收益为2.3美元，超出市场预期的2.21美元，同比增长13.9%（去年同期为2.02美元）[1] - 本季度营收为6.2987亿美元，略低于市场预期0.05%，但同比增长2.7%（去年同期为6.1338亿美元）[2] - 本季度业绩代表每股收益超出预期+4.07% 而上一季度实际每股收益为2.5美元，超出预期+7.3%[1] 历史业绩与股价表现 - 在过去四个季度中，公司四次超出每股收益预期，三次超出营收预期[2] - 公司股价自年初以来已上涨约50.6%，同期标普500指数涨幅为4.8%[3] 未来业绩展望 - 当前市场对下一季度的共识预期为营收6.35亿美元，每股收益1.95美元[7] - 对本财年的共识预期为营收25.2亿美元，每股收益8.13美元[7] - 在本次财报发布前，公司的盈利预测修正趋势好坏参半，当前对应的Zacks评级为3（持有）[6] 行业状况 - 公司所属的“学校”行业在Zacks行业排名中位列前14%[8] - 研究显示，排名前50%的行业表现优于后50%的行业，幅度超过2比1[8] - 同行业的Universal Technical Institute预计将于5月6日公布财报，预计季度每股收益为盈亏平衡，同比变化-100%，营收预计为2.2145亿美元，同比增长6.8%[9][10]