SMRT vs. ECX, BNAI, ARBE, MDRX, TDCX, WDH, GDOT, BWMN, DADA, and CTLP
Should you be buying SmartRent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartRent include ECARX (ECX), Brand Engagement Network (BNAI), Arbe Robotics (ARBE), Veradigm (MDRX), TDCX (TDCX), Waterdrop (WDH), Green Dot (GDOT), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), Dada Nexus (DADA), and Cantaloupe (CTLP). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX) and SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
ECARX has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartRent has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SmartRent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ECARX. SmartRent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECARX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SmartRent has a net margin of -14.60% compared to SmartRent's net margin of -20.03%. SmartRent's return on equity of 0.00% beat ECARX's return on equity.
ECARX currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 513.50%. SmartRent has a consensus target price of $4.18, suggesting a potential upside of 78.42%. Given SmartRent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ECARX is more favorable than SmartRent.
SmartRent received 12 more outperform votes than ECARX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave ECARX an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave SmartRent an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SmartRent had 2 more articles in the media than ECARX. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SmartRent and 2 mentions for ECARX. SmartRent's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat ECARX's score of 0.31 indicating that ECARX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
59.4% of SmartRent shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of ECARX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of SmartRent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SmartRent beats ECARX on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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