ARW vs. AVT, SAIC, KT, LYFT, YNDX, S, CIEN, DJT, WTS, and HCP
Should you be buying Arrow Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arrow Electronics include Avnet (AVT), Science Applications International (SAIC), KT (KT), Lyft (LYFT), Yandex (YNDX), SentinelOne (S), Ciena (CIEN), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), and HashiCorp (HCP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) and Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Arrow Electronics received 419 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote while only 22.50% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.
Avnet has a net margin of 2.31% compared to Avnet's net margin of 2.28%. Avnet's return on equity of 14.61% beat Arrow Electronics' return on equity.
Arrow Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Avnet. Avnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arrow Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.8% of Avnet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Avnet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Arrow Electronics 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.
Avnet currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.62%. Arrow Electronics has a consensus price target of $136.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.40%. Given Avnet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Arrow Electronics is more favorable than Avnet.
In the previous week, Avnet had 21 more articles in the media than Arrow Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Avnet and 6 mentions for Arrow Electronics. Avnet's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Arrow Electronics' score of 0.28 indicating that Arrow Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avnet has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Arrow Electronics beats Avnet on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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