Meta Data (NYSE:AIU – Get Rating) and Tarena International (NASDAQ:TEDU – Get Rating) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Meta Data and Tarena International’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Meta Data | $2.12 million | N/A | -$168.90 million | N/A | N/A |
| Tarena International | $357.84 million | 0.10 | $12.11 million | $0.80 | 4.10 |
Tarena International has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Data.
Volatility & Risk
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Meta Data and Tarena International, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Meta Data | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Tarena International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Tarena International has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 235.37%. Given Tarena International’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tarena International is more favorable than Meta Data.
Profitability
This table compares Meta Data and Tarena International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Meta Data | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Tarena International | 3.43% | -5.55% | 5.91% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.1% of Tarena International shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Meta Data shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.9% of Tarena International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Tarena International beats Meta Data on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Meta Data
Meta Data Ltd. Engage in the provision of artificial intelligent education service (AIE) and artificial intelligent universe (AIU) IAAS service. The company was founded by Zhang Xi in January 2008 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.
About Tarena International
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Tarena International, Inc. operates as a holding company which provides IT professional education services. Its courses include IT subjects, non-IT subjects and K-12 education programs. It operates through the following segments: Adult Training and Kid Training. The Adult Training segment provides students with an education platform combines live distance instruction, classroom-based tutoring and online learning modules. The Kid Training segment provides K-12 education programs. The company was founded by Shao Yun Han in September 2002 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
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