ALRM vs. YOU, ATS, KAI, BDC, UNF, CSTM, ENS, GEF, JBT, and REZI
Should you be buying Alarm.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alarm.com include Clear Secure (YOU), ATS (ATS), Kadant (KAI), Belden (BDC), UniFirst (UNF), Constellium (CSTM), EnerSys (ENS), Greif (GEF), John Bean Technologies (JBT), and Resideo Technologies (REZI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) and Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Clear Secure had 2 more articles in the media than Alarm.com. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Clear Secure and 12 mentions for Alarm.com. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Alarm.com's score of -0.45 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alarm.com has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Clear Secure's net margin of 4.58%. Alarm.com's return on equity of 11.61% beat Clear Secure's return on equity.
Alarm.com received 385 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.21% of users gave Alarm.com an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote.
Alarm.com has higher revenue and earnings than Clear Secure. Alarm.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alarm.com presently has a consensus target price of $68.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. Clear Secure has a consensus target price of $28.40, suggesting a potential upside of 61.92%. Given Clear Secure's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Alarm.com.
91.7% of Alarm.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Alarm.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Clear Secure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alarm.com has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Secure has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alarm.com beats Clear Secure on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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