ARW vs. AVT, YNDX, DJT, MMYT, RDDT, CIEN, CGNX, WIX, WTS, and SAIC
Should you be buying Arrow Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arrow Electronics include Avnet (AVT), Yandex (YNDX), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Reddit (RDDT), Ciena (CIEN), Cognex (CGNX), Wix.com (WIX), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), and Science Applications International (SAIC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) and Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Avnet presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.48%. Arrow Electronics has a consensus price target of $136.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.83%. Given Avnet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arrow Electronics is more favorable than Avnet.
Arrow Electronics has a net margin of 2.73% compared to Arrow Electronics' net margin of 2.62%. Avnet's return on equity of 17.22% beat Arrow Electronics' return on equity.
Avnet has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arrow Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Avnet. Avnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arrow Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Avnet had 12 more articles in the media than Arrow Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Avnet and 12 mentions for Arrow Electronics. Avnet's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Arrow Electronics' score of 0.15 indicating that Arrow Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arrow Electronics received 419 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote while only 22.50% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.
95.8% of Avnet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Avnet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Arrow Electronics beats Avnet on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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