VZIO vs. SONO, KN, ARLO, UEIC, GNSS, KOSS, SYNX, IMTE, SONY, and LNW
Should you be buying VIZIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VIZIO include Sonos (SONO), Knowles (KN), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Universal Electronics (UEIC), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), Integrated Media Technology (IMTE), Sony Group (SONY), and Light & Wonder (LNW).
Sonos (NASDAQ:SONO) and VIZIO (NYSE:VZIO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
VIZIO has higher revenue and earnings than Sonos. Sonos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VIZIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sonos had 4 more articles in the media than VIZIO. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sonos and 0 mentions for VIZIO. VIZIO's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Sonos' score of 0.00 indicating that Sonos is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sonos currently has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.34%. VIZIO has a consensus price target of $10.77, indicating a potential upside of 0.49%. Given VIZIO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sonos is more favorable than VIZIO.
Sonos has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VIZIO has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.8% of Sonos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of VIZIO shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Sonos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of VIZIO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sonos received 251 more outperform votes than VIZIO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.47% of users gave Sonos an outperform vote while only 47.50% of users gave VIZIO an outperform vote.
VIZIO has a net margin of 1.00% compared to VIZIO's net margin of -2.82%. Sonos' return on equity of 3.91% beat VIZIO's return on equity.
Summary
VIZIO beats Sonos on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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