WTS vs. SAIC, UI, CIEN, YNDX, WIX, ARW, S, KT, LYFT, and ETSY
Should you be buying Watts Water Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watts Water Technologies include Science Applications International (SAIC), Ubiquiti (UI), Ciena (CIEN), Yandex (YNDX), Wix.com (WIX), Arrow Electronics (ARW), SentinelOne (S), KT (KT), Lyft (LYFT), and Etsy (ETSY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC) and Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Science Applications International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Science Applications International pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watts Water Technologies pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Watts Water Technologies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Science Applications International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Science Applications International has higher revenue and earnings than Watts Water Technologies. Science Applications International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watts Water Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.0% of Science Applications International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Science Applications International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Science Applications International currently has a consensus price target of $127.60, indicating a potential downside of 6.69%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus price target of $199.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.16%. Given Watts Water Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Science Applications International is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.
Science Applications International has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Science Applications International and Science Applications International both had 4 articles in the media. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Science Applications International's score of 0.87 indicating that Science Applications International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Science Applications International received 125 more outperform votes than Watts Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave Science Applications International an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote.
Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Watts Water Technologies' net margin of 6.41%. Watts Water Technologies' return on equity of 23.73% beat Science Applications International's return on equity.
Summary
Science Applications International beats Watts Water Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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