MRCY vs. SNPO, VPG, VSH, DAVA, EVCM, PRFT, SPNS, BB, MXL, and GRND
Should you be buying Mercury Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury Systems include Snap One (SNPO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Endava (DAVA), EverCommerce (EVCM), Perficient (PRFT), Sapiens International (SPNS), BlackBerry (BB), MaxLinear (MXL), and Grindr (GRND). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and Snap One (NASDAQ:SNPO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Snap One shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Mercury Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Snap One shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Snap One has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury Systems. Snap One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercury Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury Systems presently has a consensus target price of $29.63, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. Snap One has a consensus target price of $11.05, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given Mercury Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mercury Systems is more favorable than Snap One.
Mercury Systems received 463 more outperform votes than Snap One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote while only 34.88% of users gave Snap One an outperform vote.
Snap One has a net margin of -2.01% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -9.54%. Snap One's return on equity of 2.77% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.
Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snap One has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mercury Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Snap One. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Mercury Systems and 9 mentions for Snap One. Snap One's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Mercury Systems' score of -0.06 indicating that Snap One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Snap One beats Mercury Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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