UEIC vs. TRVG, AXTI, RMBL, BZUN, HBIO, GWH, REKR, GEOS, OOMA, and RELL
Should you be buying Universal Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Electronics include trivago (TRVG), AXT (AXTI), RumbleOn (RMBL), Baozun (BZUN), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), ESS Tech (GWH), Rekor Systems (REKR), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Ooma (OOMA), and Richardson Electronics (RELL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) and trivago (NASDAQ:TRVG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Universal Electronics received 28 more outperform votes than trivago when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.15% of users gave trivago an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote.
Universal Electronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than trivago. Universal Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than trivago, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, trivago has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.40%. trivago has a consensus price target of $3.93, indicating a potential upside of 79.22%. Given trivago's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe trivago is more favorable than Universal Electronics.
Universal Electronics has a net margin of -11.27% compared to trivago's net margin of -38.54%. trivago's return on equity of 4.40% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.
79.4% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of trivago shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of trivago shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, trivago had 1 more articles in the media than Universal Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for trivago and 1 mentions for Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat trivago's score of 0.30 indicating that Universal Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
trivago beats Universal Electronics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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