Oriental Land (OTCMKTS:OLCLY – Get Free Report) and Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Oriental Land and Grand Canyon Education’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Oriental Land | 18.75% | 12.35% | 8.57% |
| Grand Canyon Education | 19.63% | 36.62% | 26.87% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Oriental Land and Grand Canyon Education, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Oriental Land | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Grand Canyon Education | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
Grand Canyon Education has a consensus target price of $160.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.33%. Given Grand Canyon Education’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Grand Canyon Education is more favorable than Oriental Land.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Oriental Land and Grand Canyon Education”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Oriental Land | $4.68 billion | 7.33 | $804.41 million | $0.54 | 38.74 |
| Grand Canyon Education | $1.14 billion | 3.72 | $216.17 million | $8.27 | 19.69 |
Oriental Land has higher revenue and earnings than Grand Canyon Education. Grand Canyon Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oriental Land, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Grand Canyon Education shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Oriental Land has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Grand Canyon Education beats Oriental Land on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Oriental Land
Oriental Land Co., Ltd. operates and manages theme parks and hotels in Japan. It operates through Theme Park, Hotel Business, and Other Business segments. The Theme Park segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks. The Hotel Business segment operates and manages Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta, Disney Ambassador Hotel, and Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel, as well as Tokyo Disney Resort Toy Story Hotel. The Other Business segment operates and manages Ikspiari, a shopping complex that includes shops and restaurants, and a cinema complex; and Disney Resort Line, a monorail connecting four stations within Tokyo Disney Resort. It is also involved in the land development. Oriental Land Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Urayasu, Japan.
About Grand Canyon Education
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. It offers technology services, including learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services, such as program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support services comprising admission, financial aid, and field experience and other counseling services. The company also offers marketing and communication services that include lead acquisition, digital communications strategy, brand identity, media planning and strategy, video, business intelligence and data science, and market research services; and back-office services consisting of finance and accounting, human resources, audit, and procurement services. In addition, it provides education services to 25 university partners. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
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