MRCY vs. SNPO, VPG, VSH, VIAV, SMR, LILA, LILAK, ETWO, DAVA, and SPT
Should you be buying Mercury Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury Systems include Snap One (SNPO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NuScale Power (SMR), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Liberty Latin America (LILAK), E2open Parent (ETWO), Endava (DAVA), and Sprout Social (SPT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Snap One (NASDAQ:SNPO) and Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Mercury Systems received 463 more outperform votes than Snap One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote while only 34.88% of users gave Snap One an outperform vote.
92.7% of Snap One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Snap One shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Mercury Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Snap One has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Snap One has a net margin of -2.82% compared to Snap One's net margin of -16.08%. Mercury Systems' return on equity of 1.22% beat Snap One's return on equity.
In the previous week, Mercury Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Snap One. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mercury Systems and 2 mentions for Snap One. Mercury Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Snap One's score of 0.48 indicating that Snap One is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Snap One currently has a consensus target price of $11.05, suggesting a potential upside of 3.85%. Mercury Systems has a consensus target price of $29.63, suggesting a potential downside of 6.40%. Given Mercury Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Snap One is more favorable than Mercury Systems.
Snap One has higher revenue and earnings than Mercury Systems. Snap One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercury Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Snap One beats Mercury Systems on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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