UL Solutions (ULS) Competitors

$36.68
+0.12 (+0.33%)
(As of 05/10/2024 08:55 PM ET)

ULS vs. SOFI, RHI, SPSC, NOV, FCN, VNT, PSN, KVYO, COHR, and G

Should you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Robert Half (RHI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), NOV (NOV), FTI Consulting (FCN), Vontier (VNT), Parsons (PSN), Klaviyo (KVYO), Coherent (COHR), and Genpact (G). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

UL Solutions vs.

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, UL Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than SoFi Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for UL Solutions and 33 mentions for SoFi Technologies. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat SoFi Technologies' score of 0.60 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions
4 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SoFi Technologies
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

UL Solutions has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SoFi Technologies' net margin of -8.21%. SoFi Technologies' return on equity of 1.10% beat UL Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UL SolutionsN/A N/A N/A
SoFi Technologies -8.21%1.10%0.20%

SoFi Technologies received 38 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 36.43% of users gave SoFi Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
9
81.82%
Underperform Votes
2
18.18%
SoFi TechnologiesOutperform Votes
47
36.43%
Underperform Votes
82
63.57%

38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are owned 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.

UL Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $40.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.87%. SoFi Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.08, indicating a potential upside of 30.88%. Given SoFi Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SoFi Technologies is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
SoFi Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16

UL Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SoFi Technologies.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UL SolutionsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
SoFi Technologies$2.12B3.19-$300.74M-$0.31-22.39

Summary

SoFi Technologies beats UL Solutions on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ULS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ULS vs. The Competition

MetricUL SolutionsTesting laboratories IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.34B$2.34B$6.14B$17.75B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%3.06%3.47%
P/E RatioN/AN/A35.4025.09
Price / SalesN/A1.6085.399.92
Price / CashN/A35.0126.7817.92
Price / BookN/A2.884.795.78
Net IncomeN/A$68.07M$114.38M$962.74M
7 Day Performance1.69%-0.18%14.95%2.34%
1 Month Performance4.98%-8.10%17.02%4.38%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-26.69%31.02%23.49%

UL Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
3.2493 of 5 stars
$6.99
+1.0%
$9.08
+29.9%
+38.2%$6.83B$2.12B-22.554,400
RHI
Robert Half
4.6121 of 5 stars
$69.58
+0.5%
$68.14
-2.1%
+5.5%$7.31B$6.39B20.8315,000
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.703 of 5 stars
$182.07
+1.7%
$196.57
+8.0%
+23.6%$6.74B$536.91M99.492,489Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
NOV
NOV
4.9089 of 5 stars
$18.56
+1.0%
$24.07
+29.7%
+27.0%$7.34B$8.58B7.4533,676
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.4031 of 5 stars
$215.25
+1.3%
$255.00
+18.5%
+26.0%$7.68B$3.49B25.037,990Insider Selling
VNT
Vontier
3.86 of 5 stars
$40.35
-0.7%
$45.00
+11.5%
+45.7%$6.24B$3.10B16.748,000
PSN
Parsons
2.0707 of 5 stars
$77.30
-0.4%
$82.33
+6.5%
+77.2%$8.18B$5.44B54.4418,500
KVYO
Klaviyo
2.488 of 5 stars
$22.50
-0.4%
$36.88
+63.9%
N/A$5.88B$698.10M0.001,815Earnings Report
COHR
Coherent
1.9896 of 5 stars
$55.38
+1.9%
$58.27
+5.2%
+93.1%$8.41B$5.16B-19.7126,622Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
G
Genpact
3.3312 of 5 stars
$31.30
+1.9%
$39.78
+27.1%
-9.9%$5.64B$4.48B9.12129,100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:ULS) was last updated on 5/13/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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