HAYW vs. VSH, WOLF, DOCN, EVH, USM, AI, PYCR, TDC, CCOI, and SVFCX
Should you be buying Hayward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hayward include Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Wolfspeed (WOLF), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Evolent Health (EVH), United States Cellular (USM), C3.ai (AI), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Teradata (TDC), Cogent Communications (CCOI), and Smead Value C (SVFCX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) and Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Vishay Intertechnology received 364 more outperform votes than Hayward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Vishay Intertechnology an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Hayward an outperform vote.
Hayward has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hayward currently has a consensus price target of $14.70, suggesting a potential upside of 0.07%. Vishay Intertechnology has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.47%. Given Vishay Intertechnology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Intertechnology is more favorable than Hayward.
Hayward has a net margin of 8.25% compared to Vishay Intertechnology's net margin of 7.41%. Vishay Intertechnology's return on equity of 11.95% beat Hayward's return on equity.
93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Hayward shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vishay Intertechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Hayward. Vishay Intertechnology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hayward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hayward had 3 more articles in the media than Vishay Intertechnology. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hayward and 8 mentions for Vishay Intertechnology. Vishay Intertechnology's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Hayward's score of -0.20 indicating that Vishay Intertechnology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vishay Intertechnology beats Hayward on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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