PBI vs. SGH, ATUS, TUYA, TRNS, SLP, DGII, HIMX, QNST, IMOS, and BLDP
Should you be buying Pitney Bowes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pitney Bowes include SMART Global (SGH), Altice USA (ATUS), Tuya (TUYA), Transcat (TRNS), Simulations Plus (SLP), Digi International (DGII), Himax Technologies (HIMX), QuinStreet (QNST), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), and Ballard Power Systems (BLDP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SMART Global (NASDAQ:SGH) and Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) 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 risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
SMART Global currently has a consensus target price of $30.70, suggesting a potential upside of 51.68%. Given Pitney Bowes' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SMART Global is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.
SMART Global received 148 more outperform votes than Pitney Bowes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.67% of users gave SMART Global an outperform vote while only 54.49% of users gave Pitney Bowes an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SMART Global had 3 more articles in the media than Pitney Bowes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SMART Global and 3 mentions for Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat SMART Global's score of 0.20 indicating that SMART Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SMART Global has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pitney Bowes has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of SMART Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pitney Bowes has a net margin of -11.67% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -15.79%. Pitney Bowes' return on equity of 11.82% beat SMART Global's return on equity.
SMART Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pitney Bowes. SMART Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pitney Bowes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SMART Global beats Pitney Bowes on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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