Everybody Loves Languages (OTCMKTS:LMDCF – Get Free Report) and Graham (NYSE:GHC – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
93.2% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Everybody Loves Languages and Graham’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Everybody Loves Languages | 9.89% | 7.93% | 6.72% |
| Graham | 5.97% | 5.40% | 3.11% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Everybody Loves Languages | $1.78 million | 1.07 | $310,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Graham | $4.91 billion | 1.00 | $292.29 million | $67.57 | 16.79 |
Graham has higher revenue and earnings than Everybody Loves Languages.
Volatility and Risk
Everybody Loves Languages has a beta of -21.35, indicating that its share price is 2,235% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Everybody Loves Languages and Graham, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Everybody Loves Languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Graham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Summary
Graham beats Everybody Loves Languages on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Everybody Loves Languages
Everybody Loves Languages Corp., an edtech language-learning and content development company, develops, markets, and supports a suite of English and other language learning solutions in the People's Republic of China. The company operates in two segments, Content-Based English Language Learning (License of Intellectual Property), and Online and Offline Language Learning. The Content-Based English Language Learning segment publishes print-based English language learning textbook programs. It co-publishes approximately 870 million units from library of program titles. The Online English Language Learning segment provides web-based educational technology language learning, training, and assessment solutions. It develops and markets libraries of online language learning resources and offers approximately 3,000 hours of interactive learning through various product offerings that include Winnie's World, English Academy, Campus, English for Success, AcadeMe English, AcadeMe Junior, and Master and Business English. The company markets its products in Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the United States through a network of distributors. The company was formerly known as Lingo Media Corporation and changed its name to Everybody Loves Languages Corp. in October 2022. Everybody Loves Languages Corp. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About Graham
Graham Holdings Company, through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company in the United States and internationally. It provides test preparation services and materials; professional training and exam preparation for professional certifications and licensures; and non-academic operations support services to the Purdue University Global; operations support services for online courses and programs; training and test preparation services for accounting and financial services professionals; English-language training, academic preparation programs, and test preparation for English proficiency exams; and A-level examination preparation services, as well as operates colleges, business school, higher education institution, and an online learning institution. The company also owns and operates television stations, restaurants, and entertainment venues; engages in the financial training and automobile dealerships business; offers social media management tools to connect newsrooms with their users; produces Foreign Policy magazine and ForeignPolicy.com website; and publishes Slate, an online magazine, as well as French-language news magazine websites at slate.fr and slateafrique.com. In addition, it provides social media marketing solutions; home health, hospice, and palliative services; burners, igniters, dampers, and controls; screw jacks, linear actuators, and related linear motion products, and lifting systems; pressure impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood products; digital advertising services; power charging and data systems, industrial and commercial indoor lighting solutions, and electrical components and assemblies; dermatology and professional aesthetics, and skin care services; software and services; and operates pharmacy. The company was formerly known as The Washington Post Company and changed its name to Graham Holdings Company in November 2013. Graham Holdings Company was founded in 1877 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
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