HAYW vs. VSH, WOLF, DOCN, EVH, USM, AI, PYCR, TDC, CCOI, and SVFCX
Should you be buying Hayward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hayward include Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Wolfspeed (WOLF), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Evolent Health (EVH), United States Cellular (USM), C3.ai (AI), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Teradata (TDC), Cogent Communications (CCOI), and Smead Value C (SVFCX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) and Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Vishay Intertechnology received 364 more outperform votes than Hayward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Vishay Intertechnology an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Hayward an outperform vote.
Vishay Intertechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Hayward. Vishay Intertechnology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hayward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hayward has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vishay Intertechnology presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.40%. Hayward has a consensus price target of $14.70, suggesting a potential downside of 1.93%. Given Hayward's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vishay Intertechnology is more favorable than Hayward.
Hayward has a net margin of 8.25% compared to Hayward's net margin of 7.41%. Hayward's return on equity of 11.95% beat Vishay Intertechnology's return on equity.
93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hayward shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Vishay Intertechnology and Vishay Intertechnology both had 11 articles in the media. Hayward's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Vishay Intertechnology's score of -0.30 indicating that Vishay Intertechnology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vishay Intertechnology beats Hayward on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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