WWD vs. SKM, U, LSCC, PCTY, MNDY, GTLB, DAY, CDAY, VIPS, and INFA
Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include SK Telecom (SKM), Unity Software (U), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Paylocity (PCTY), monday.com (MNDY), GitLab (GTLB), Dayforce (DAY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Vipshop (VIPS), and Informatica (INFA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
Woodward has a net margin of 9.50% compared to Woodward's net margin of 6.19%. SK Telecom's return on equity of 15.26% beat Woodward's return on equity.
Woodward received 110 more outperform votes than SK Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.95% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Woodward had 21 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Woodward and 4 mentions for SK Telecom. SK Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Woodward's score of 0.00 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Woodward has a consensus price target of $158.22, suggesting a potential upside of 4.73%. Given SK Telecom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Woodward is more favorable than SK Telecom.
SK Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Woodward. Woodward is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SK Telecom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SK Telecom has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.2% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SK Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SK Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. SK Telecom pays out 309.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Woodward pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodward has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Summary
Woodward beats SK Telecom on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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