TER vs. ITRI, CHKP, GDDY, ZM, ERIC, PSTG, UMC, ENTG, VRSN, and TYL
Should you be buying Teradyne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teradyne include Itron (ITRI), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), GoDaddy (GDDY), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Pure Storage (PSTG), United Microelectronics (UMC), Entegris (ENTG), VeriSign (VRSN), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Itron received 510 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 44.09% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.
Teradyne has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Teradyne's net margin of 7.03%. Itron's return on equity of 18.88% beat Teradyne's return on equity.
Itron has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.2% of Itron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Itron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Teradyne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Teradyne had 15 more articles in the media than Itron. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Teradyne and 9 mentions for Itron. Teradyne's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Itron's score of 0.89 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Teradyne has higher revenue and earnings than Itron. Itron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Itron currently has a consensus price target of $104.18, indicating a potential downside of 4.46%. Teradyne has a consensus price target of $117.83, indicating a potential downside of 10.67%. Given Teradyne's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Itron is more favorable than Teradyne.
Summary
Teradyne beats Itron on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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