UI vs. VSAT, ERIC, NOK, DSGX, BWXT, MMYT, AMKR, CGNX, DBX, and OLED
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include Viasat (VSAT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), BWX Technologies (BWXT), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Cognex (CGNX), Dropbox (DBX), and Universal Display (OLED). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) and Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Viasat has higher revenue and earnings than Ubiquiti. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ubiquiti currently has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.45%. Viasat has a consensus target price of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 100.88%. Given Viasat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Viasat is more favorable than Ubiquiti.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Viasat's net margin of 6.01%. Viasat's return on equity of 4.52% beat Ubiquiti's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ubiquiti had 9 more articles in the media than Viasat. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ubiquiti and 6 mentions for Viasat. Viasat's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Ubiquiti's score of 0.24 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viasat received 412 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 41.30% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.
4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Viasat shares are owned by institutional investors. 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Viasat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viasat has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Viasat beats Ubiquiti on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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