UNF vs. REZI, GEF, JBT, BRC, HI, CSTM, YOU, ATS, ESE, and MWA
Should you be buying UniFirst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UniFirst include Resideo Technologies (REZI), Greif (GEF), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Brady (BRC), Hillenbrand (HI), Constellium (CSTM), Clear Secure (YOU), ATS (ATS), ESCO Technologies (ESE), and Mueller Water Products (MWA). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Resideo Technologies (NYSE:REZI) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Resideo Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Resideo Technologies and 4 mentions for UniFirst. Resideo Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat UniFirst's score of 0.50 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.7% of Resideo Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Resideo Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UniFirst shares are owned by 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.
Resideo Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.57%. UniFirst has a consensus target price of $177.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Given Resideo Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UniFirst is more favorable than Resideo Technologies.
UniFirst has a net margin of 4.92% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 3.17%. UniFirst's return on equity of 9.26% beat Resideo Technologies' return on equity.
UniFirst received 150 more outperform votes than Resideo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.00% of users gave Resideo Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.10% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.
Resideo Technologies has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Resideo Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than UniFirst. Resideo Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Resideo Technologies beats UniFirst on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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