YOU vs. ALRM, AZZ, AMBP, ATMU, ALG, PLUG, POWL, AIN, ESE, and EPAC
Should you be buying Clear Secure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clear Secure include Alarm.com (ALRM), AZZ (AZZ), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Alamo Group (ALG), Plug Power (PLUG), Powell Industries (POWL), Albany International (AIN), ESCO Technologies (ESE), and Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Alarm.com has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Clear Secure's net margin of 7.90%. Clear Secure's return on equity of 20.62% beat Alarm.com's return on equity.
Alarm.com received 382 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.10% of users gave Alarm.com an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote.
Alarm.com has higher revenue and earnings than Clear Secure. Clear Secure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alarm.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clear Secure currently has a consensus price target of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 68.75%. Alarm.com has a consensus price target of $68.83, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Clear Secure's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Alarm.com.
In the previous week, Alarm.com had 6 more articles in the media than Clear Secure. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Alarm.com and 10 mentions for Clear Secure. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Alarm.com's score of -0.03 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clear Secure has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alarm.com has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.8% of Clear Secure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Alarm.com shares are held by institutional investors. 37.9% of Clear Secure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Alarm.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alarm.com beats Clear Secure on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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