AFYA vs EDU vs CVSA Stock Comparison

Afya, New Oriental Education & Technology and Covista 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
7 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
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Afya leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Afya 7, New Oriental Education & Technology 3, Covista 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAFYAEDUCVSALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $979.85M $9.14B $4.54B EDU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.3x 19.2x 18.0x AFYA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.7x 12.5x 15.4x AFYA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +71.8% +15.5% +9.3% AFYA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.2% 8.4% 12.9% AFYA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 36.4% 13.8% 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% -2.8% -13.8% EDU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -8.9%/yr +22.3%/yr +28.7%/yr CVSA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.7% 35.2% 57.4% EDU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 68/100 66/100 AFYA

Percentile Scorecard

AFYAEDUCVSA

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

AxisAFYAEDUCVSA
Valuation 97 #2 of 33 72 #10 of 33 47 #18 of 33
Growth 93 #3 of 30 76 #8 of 30 72 #9 of 30
Profitability 100 #1 of 29 71 #9 of 29 89 #4 of 29
Financial Health 84 #7 of 39 68 #13 of 39 45 #22 of 39
Shareholder Returns 39 #9 of 14 54 #7 of 14 77 #4 of 14
Overall 83 68 66
  • AFYA ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • EDU ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services
  • CVSA ranked among 39 companies in Consumer Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAFYAEDUCVSASPY
1 month -18.2%+3.4%+9.1% -0.8%
3 months -25.1%+16.9%+9.5% +3.5%
6 months -23.5%+11.7%+17.3% +7.0%
Year to date -31.0%+6.1%+27.4% +12.2%
1 year -27.7%-2.8%-13.8% +13.0%
3 years -33.5%-9.4%+163.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -12.7%-3.3%+38.2% +23.1%
5 years -37.1%+172.9%+253.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -8.9%+22.3%+28.7% +11.0%
10 years —+11.4%+461.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+1.1%+18.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAFYAEDUCVSASPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.7%35.2%57.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.2%33.4%74.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.230.14-0.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.59-0.08-0.24 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.4%-62.9%-49.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.9%-8.0%-14.4% -1.8%
52-week high $15.86$63.51$153.98 $779.14
52-week low $10.64$44.44$89.36 $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.

MultipleAFYAEDUCVSA
P/E now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 15.5x 19.4xmedian 15.5x 18.4xmedian 15.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.3x 1.6xmedian 1.3x 2.3xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 10.1x —median 10.1x 10.7xmedian 10.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 14.7x 8.8xmedian 14.7x 11.4xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.0x 2.1xmedian 2.0x 3.1xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 0.35 0.46median 0.35 0.36median 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 monthsAFYAEDUCVSA
Revenue $1.06B $5.66B $1.95B
Gross profit $689.46M $634.59M $1.12B
Operating income $356.83M $643.25M $383.38M
Net income $169.05M $516.66M $251.57M
Free cash flow $256.07M $1.03B $393.10M
EPS (diluted) $2.48 $3.01 $7.04
Cash & equivalents $194.24M $1.82B $406.32M
Total debt $596.89M $1.08B $662.85M
Shares (diluted) 91.27M 157.85M 35.72M
Enterprise value -$198.05M -$2.01B $3.66B

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
MetricAFYAEDUCVSA
P/E 4.3x 19.4x 18.4x
P/FCF 3.8x 8.8x 11.4x
P/Operating cash flow 3.3x 8.8x 9.5x
P/S 0.9x 1.6x 2.3x
P/B 1.0x 2.1x 3.1x
P/Tangible book -7.7x 2.1x 6.5x
EV/EBITDA 1.9x – 10.7x
EV/EBIT 2.2x 10.2x 12.4x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.2x 2.4x
EV/FCF 3.1x 6.4x 12.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 2.7x 6.4x 10.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08 0.46 0.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAFYAEDUCVSA
Revenue growth (1Y) 71.8% 15.5% 9.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.4% 23.6% 10.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 72.4% 1,976,824% 10.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 30.4% 28.1% 11.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 77.9% 50.2% 12.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.0% 50.1% 31.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.4% 37.5% 6.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.2% 30.0% 39.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 86.9% 32.1% 13.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 50.9% 42.0% 51.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.2% 14.6% 39.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 1.9% 34.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1.5% 14.6% 36.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.9% 1.9% 33.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAFYAEDUCVSA
Gross margin 64.7% 11.2% 57.3%
EBITDA margin 40.1% – 22.6%
Operating margin 33.5% 11.4% 19.6%
Pretax margin 24.1% 11.4% 17.7%
Net margin 21.2% 8.4% 12.9%
FCF margin 24.0% 18.1% 20.1%
Operating cash flow margin 27.6% 18.1% 24.1%
Return on equity 24.8% 11.8% 17.9%
Return on assets 12.7% 6.1% 8.8%
Return on invested capital 36.4% 13.8% 15.0%
Return on capital employed 21.7% 13.9% 16.8%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 2.0x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% – 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAFYAEDUCVSA
Debt / assets 1.4% 3.2% 22.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – 0.6x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 0.3x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 47.2% 50.8% 52.0%
Equity / assets 52.8% 49.2% 48.0%
Interest coverage 7.3x – 8.4x
Current ratio 2.2x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 2.1x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.7x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 2.48 2.69 4.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAFYAEDUCVSA
Dividend yield 6.2% 2.1% –
Net buyback yield -4.2% – 5.3%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 2.1% 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.

ConsensusAFYAEDUCVSA
Forward P/E 6.7xFY2026 12.5xFY2026 15.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $1.58FY2026 $4.68FY2026 $8.57FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -11.2%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026 +3.9%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +21.5% +11.8% +24.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $708.15MFY2026 $6.34BFY2026 $2.11BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +5.2%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026 +8.4%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +5.9% +10.6% -1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAFYAEDUCVSA
Held by institutions 12.0% 31.4% 98.0%
Institutions holding 54 170 375
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.2% -5.3% +0.0%
Institutions buying 21 80 201
Institutions selling 19 65 129
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.23 1.56

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.

AFYAEDUCVSA
AFYA 1.00 0.19 0.14
EDU 0.19 1.00 0.10
CVSA 0.14 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AFYA, EDU and CVSA?

New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Afya (AFYA) $979.85M, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) $9.14B, Covista (CVSA) $4.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, AFYA, EDU and CVSA?

Afya (AFYA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Afya (AFYA) 4.3x, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 19.2x, Covista (CVSA) 18.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Afya (AFYA) is cheapest (Afya (AFYA) 6.7x, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 12.5x, Covista (CVSA) 15.4x). 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%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) +15.5%, Covista (CVSA) +9.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Afya (AFYA) has the highest net margin (Afya (AFYA) 21.2%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 8.4%, Covista (CVSA) 12.9%). On return on invested capital, Afya (AFYA) leads (Afya (AFYA) 36.4%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 13.8%, Covista (CVSA) 15.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) returned the most: Afya (AFYA) -27.7%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) -2.8%, Covista (CVSA) -13.8%. Over five years, Covista (CVSA) compounded fastest (Afya (AFYA) -8.9%/yr, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) +22.3%/yr, Covista (CVSA) +28.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) has been the steadiest (Afya (AFYA) 46.7%, New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) 35.2%, Covista (CVSA) 57.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 7. 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.