VSH vs. MRCY, SNPO, OLED, EVH, ATHM, SVFCX, PYCR, USM, CCOI, and QTWO
Should you be buying Vishay Intertechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vishay Intertechnology include Mercury Systems (MRCY), Snap One (SNPO), Universal Display (OLED), Evolent Health (EVH), Autohome (ATHM), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Paycor HCM (PYCR), United States Cellular (USM), Cogent Communications (CCOI), and Q2 (QTWO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) and Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Vishay Intertechnology presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.66%. Mercury Systems has a consensus target price of $29.88, suggesting a potential upside of 3.48%. Given Vishay Intertechnology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vishay Intertechnology is more favorable than Mercury Systems.
93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vishay Intertechnology has a net margin of 9.52% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -9.54%. Vishay Intertechnology's return on equity of 15.72% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.
Mercury Systems received 76 more outperform votes than Vishay Intertechnology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.01% of users gave Vishay Intertechnology an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vishay Intertechnology had 5 more articles in the media than Mercury Systems. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vishay Intertechnology and 2 mentions for Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Vishay Intertechnology's score of 0.13 indicating that Mercury Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vishay Intertechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Intertechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vishay Intertechnology beats Mercury Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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