Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and Mynd.ai (OTCMKTS:MYND) Financial Survey

Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) and Mynd.ai (OTCMKTS:MYND) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Afya and Mynd.ai’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Afya	$576.09 million	2.79	$77.38 million	$1.07	16.02
Mynd.ai	$413.56 million	0.29	-$37.86 million	N/A	N/A

Afya has higher revenue and earnings than Mynd.ai.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.0% of Afya shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.6% of Mynd.ai shares are held by institutional investors. 64.1% of Mynd.ai shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Afya and Mynd.ai’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Afya	16.20%	17.51%	8.20%
Mynd.ai	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Afya and Mynd.ai, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Afya	0	3	0	0	2.00
Mynd.ai	0	0	0	0	N/A

Afya presently has a consensus price target of $21.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.41%. Given Afya’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Afya is more favorable than Mynd.ai.

Volatility & Risk

Afya has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mynd.ai has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Afya beats Mynd.ai on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Afya

Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates through three segments: Undergrad, Continuing Education, and Digital Services. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.

About Mynd.ai

Mynd.ai, Inc. operates in interactive technology offering hardware and software solutions. The company's solutions help organizations create and deliver dynamic content; simplify and streamline teaching, learning, and communication; and facilitate real-time collaboration. Its interactive displays and software are available in approximately 1 million learning and training spaces across 126 countries. The company's distribution network of approximately 4,000 reseller partners and its dedicated sales and support teams worldwide enable to deliver the service to its customers. The company was formerly known as Gravitas Education Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Mynd.ai, Inc. in December 2023. Mynd.ai, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Beijing, China.