UEIC vs. INTT, AXTI, SATL, ZFOX, RELL, MYNA, BZUN, PLMI, ALOT, and ULBI
Should you be buying Universal Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Electronics include inTEST (INTT), AXT (AXTI), Satellogic (SATL), ZeroFox (ZFOX), Richardson Electronics (RELL), Mynaric (MYNA), Baozun (BZUN), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), AstroNova (ALOT), and Ultralife (ULBI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) and inTEST (NYSE:INTT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
79.4% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of inTEST shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of inTEST shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Universal Electronics and Universal Electronics both had 3 articles in the media. Universal Electronics' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat inTEST's score of -0.33 indicating that Universal Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Electronics currently has a consensus target price of $12.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.63%. inTEST has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 131.16%. Given inTEST's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe inTEST is more favorable than Universal Electronics.
Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, inTEST has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
inTEST has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Universal Electronics' net margin of -23.36%. inTEST's return on equity of 13.46% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.
inTEST has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than inTEST, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Electronics received 317 more outperform votes than inTEST when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave inTEST an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote.
Summary
inTEST beats Universal Electronics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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