AFYA vs CVSA vs LRN Stock Comparison

Afya, Covista and Stride Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AFYA Afya Ltd
$10.64 -18.2% 1M -27.7% 1Y
Market cap
$979.85M
P/E
4.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.06B
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary
8 wins
CVSA Covista Inc.
$131.80 +9.1% 1M -13.8% 1Y
Market cap
$4.54B
P/E
18.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.95B
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
LRN Stride, Inc.
$78.52 -0.1% 1M -48.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.38B
P/E
10.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.54B
Div. yield
–
Education Services Consumer Discretionary

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Afya leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Afya 8, Covista 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAFYACVSALRNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $979.85M $4.54B $3.38B CVSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.3x 18.0x 10.1x AFYA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.7x 15.4x 9.3x AFYA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +71.8% +9.3% +2.5% AFYA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.2% 12.9% — AFYA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 36.4% 15.0% — AFYA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 0.6x — AFYA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -27.7% -13.8% -48.4% CVSA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.9%/yr +28.7%/yr +18.3%/yr CVSA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.7% 57.4% 89.7% AFYA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 66/100 77/100 AFYA

Percentile Scorecard

AFYACVSALRN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAFYACVSALRN
Valuation 97 #2 of 33 47 #18 of 33 78 #8 of 33
Growth 93 #3 of 30 72 #9 of 30 55 #14 of 30
Profitability 100 #1 of 29 89 #4 of 29 82 #6 of 29
Financial Health 84 #7 of 39 45 #22 of 39 92 #4 of 39
Shareholder Returns 39 #9 of 14 77 #4 of 14 –
Overall 83 66 77
  • AFYA ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • CVSA ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • LRN ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAFYACVSALRNSPY
1 month -18.2%+9.1%-0.1% -0.8%
3 months -25.1%+9.5%-12.8% +3.5%
6 months -23.5%+17.3%-19.7% +7.0%
Year to date -31.0%+27.4%+20.9% +12.2%
1 year -27.7%-13.8%-48.4% +13.0%
3 years -33.5%+163.7%+44.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year -12.7%+38.2%+13.0% +23.1%
5 years -37.1%+253.3%+132.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -8.9%+28.7%+18.3% +11.0%
10 years —+461.1%+575.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+18.8%+21.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAFYACVSALRNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.7%57.4%89.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.2%74.1%121.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.23-0.05-0.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.59-0.24-0.54 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.4%-49.2%-64.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.9%-14.4%-48.9% -1.8%
52-week high $15.86$153.98$153.53 $779.14
52-week low $10.64$89.36$61.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAFYACVSALRN
P/E now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 15.5x 18.4xmedian 15.5x 10.0xmedian 15.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.3x 2.3xmedian 1.3x 1.3xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 10.1x 10.7xmedian 10.1x —median 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 14.7x 11.4xmedian 14.7x 7.2xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.0x 3.1xmedian 2.0x 1.9xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 0.35 0.36median 0.35 0.40median 0.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAFYACVSALRN
Revenue $1.06B $1.95B $2.54B
Gross profit $689.46M $1.12B $949.60M
Operating income $356.83M $383.38M $466.05M
Net income $169.05M $251.57M $334.31M
Free cash flow $256.07M $393.10M –
EPS (diluted) $2.48 $7.04 $7.06
Cash & equivalents $194.24M $406.32M $547.75M
Total debt $596.89M $662.85M –
Shares (diluted) 91.27M 35.72M 47.33M
Enterprise value -$198.05M $3.66B $3.38B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAFYACVSALRN
P/E 4.3x 18.4x 10.0x
P/FCF 3.8x 11.4x 7.2x
P/Operating cash flow 3.3x 9.5x 6.5x
P/S 0.9x 2.3x 1.3x
P/B 1.0x 3.1x 1.9x
P/Tangible book -7.7x 6.5x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 1.9x 10.7x –
EV/EBIT 2.2x 12.4x –
EV/Revenue 0.7x 2.4x 1.3x
EV/FCF 3.1x 12.1x –
EV/Operating cash flow 2.7x 10.1x 6.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08 0.36 0.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAFYACVSALRN
Revenue growth (1Y) 71.8% 9.3% 2.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.4% 10.4% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 72.4% 10.2% -2.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 30.4% 11.8% 11.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 77.9% 12.2% 22.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.0% 31.6% 33.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.4% 6.1% 5.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.2% 39.2% 29.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 86.9% 13.9% 10.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 50.9% 51.0% 25.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.2% 39.3% 33.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 34.2% 33.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1.5% 36.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.9% 33.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAFYACVSALRN
Gross margin 64.7% 57.3% –
EBITDA margin 40.1% 22.6% –
Operating margin 33.5% 19.6% –
Pretax margin 24.1% 17.7% –
Net margin 21.2% 12.9% –
FCF margin 24.0% 20.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 27.6% 24.1% 19.9%
Return on equity 24.8% 17.9% 20.3%
Return on assets 12.7% 8.8% 13.5%
Return on invested capital 36.4% 15.0% –
Return on capital employed 21.7% 16.8% –
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.9x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 2.1% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAFYACVSALRN
Debt / assets 1.4% 22.0% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 0.6x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 1.7x –
Liabilities / assets 47.2% 52.0% 33.9%
Equity / assets 52.8% 48.0% 66.1%
Interest coverage 7.3x 8.4x –
Current ratio 2.2x 1.1x 2.6x
Quick ratio 2.1x 1.0x –
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.7x –
Altman Z-score 2.48 4.22 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAFYACVSALRN
Dividend yield 6.2% – –
Net buyback yield -4.2% 5.3% –
Shareholder yield 2.0% 5.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAFYACVSALRN
Forward P/E 6.7xFY2026 15.4xFY2027 9.3xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.58FY2026 $8.57FY2027 $8.42FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -11.2%FY2026 +3.9%FY2027 +17.9%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.5% +24.7% -6.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $708.15MFY2026 $2.11BFY2027 $2.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +5.2%FY2026 +8.4%FY2027 -3.9%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +5.9% -1.0% +16.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAFYACVSALRN
Held by institutions 12.0% 98.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 54 375 410
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.2% +0.0% +1.2%
Institutions buying 21 201 212
Institutions selling 19 129 135
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.56 1.57

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AFYACVSALRN
AFYA 1.00 0.14 0.09
CVSA 0.14 1.00 0.26
LRN 0.09 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AFYA, CVSA and LRN?

Covista (CVSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Afya (AFYA) $979.85M, Covista (CVSA) $4.54B, Stride (LRN) $3.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, AFYA, CVSA and LRN?

Afya (AFYA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Afya (AFYA) 4.3x, Covista (CVSA) 18.0x, Stride (LRN) 10.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Afya (AFYA) is cheapest (Afya (AFYA) 6.7x, Covista (CVSA) 15.4x, Stride (LRN) 9.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Afya (AFYA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Afya (AFYA) +71.8%, Covista (CVSA) +9.3%, Stride (LRN) +2.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Afya (AFYA) has the highest net margin (Afya (AFYA) 21.2%, Covista (CVSA) 12.9%). On return on invested capital, Afya (AFYA) leads (Afya (AFYA) 36.4%, Covista (CVSA) 15.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Covista (CVSA) returned the most: Afya (AFYA) -27.7%, Covista (CVSA) -13.8%, Stride (LRN) -48.4%. Over five years, Covista (CVSA) compounded fastest (Afya (AFYA) -8.9%/yr, Covista (CVSA) +28.7%/yr, Stride (LRN) +18.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Afya (AFYA) has been the steadiest (Afya (AFYA) 46.7%, Covista (CVSA) 57.4%, Stride (LRN) 89.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AFYA, CVSA and LRN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Afya (AFYA) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.