ITRI vs. AVT, VERX, WK, FIVN, DJT, NVEI, BLKB, CVLT, SATS, and CRUS
Should you be buying Itron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itron include Avnet (AVT), Vertex (VERX), Workiva (WK), Five9 (FIVN), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Nuvei (NVEI), Blackbaud (BLKB), Commvault Systems (CVLT), EchoStar (SATS), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) and Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Itron received 552 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.
96.2% of Itron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Avnet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Itron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Avnet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Itron has a net margin of 4.46% compared to Avnet's net margin of 2.62%. Avnet's return on equity of 13.60% beat Itron's return on equity.
Itron has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avnet has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Itron had 5 more articles in the media than Avnet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Itron and 5 mentions for Avnet. Avnet's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Itron's score of 0.51 indicating that Avnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avnet has higher revenue and earnings than Itron. Avnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Itron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Itron presently has a consensus target price of $97.60, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. Avnet has a consensus target price of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.18%. Given Itron's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Itron is more favorable than Avnet.
Summary
Itron beats Avnet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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