QMCO vs. WDC, NTAP, PSTG, STX, CMCM, KLTR, TRVG, BZUN, CANG, and UEIC
Should you be buying Quantum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quantum include Western Digital (WDC), NetApp (NTAP), Pure Storage (PSTG), Seagate Technology (STX), Cheetah Mobile (CMCM), Kaltura (KLTR), trivago (TRVG), Baozun (BZUN), Cango (CANG), and Universal Electronics (UEIC).
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) and Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Quantum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Western Digital. Western Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Digital received 2020 more outperform votes than Quantum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Western Digital an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Quantum an outperform vote.
Western Digital has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum has a beta of 2.56, suggesting that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Western Digital had 16 more articles in the media than Quantum. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Western Digital and 2 mentions for Quantum. Western Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Quantum's score of 0.80 indicating that Quantum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Digital currently has a consensus target price of $78.32, indicating a potential upside of 3.84%. Quantum has a consensus target price of $1.43, indicating a potential upside of 218.52%. Given Western Digital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quantum is more favorable than Western Digital.
Quantum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Quantum's net margin of -12.87%. Western Digital's return on equity of 0.00% beat Quantum's return on equity.
92.5% of Western Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Quantum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Western Digital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Quantum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Quantum beats Western Digital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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