UI vs. VSAT, ERIC, NOK, SAIC, YNDX, WIX, WTS, ARW, S, and KT
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include Viasat (VSAT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Science Applications International (SAIC), Yandex (YNDX), Wix.com (WIX), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Arrow Electronics (ARW), SentinelOne (S), and KT (KT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) and Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
86.1% of Viasat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Viasat shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Viasat had 1 more articles in the media than Ubiquiti. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Viasat and 1 mentions for Ubiquiti. Ubiquiti's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Viasat's score of 0.01 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Ubiquiti's net margin of 6.01%. Ubiquiti's return on equity of 4.52% beat Viasat's return on equity.
Viasat has higher revenue and earnings than Ubiquiti. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viasat has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viasat received 413 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 41.11% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.
Viasat presently has a consensus price target of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 117.85%. Ubiquiti has a consensus price target of $126.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Ubiquiti's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Viasat is more favorable than Ubiquiti.
Summary
Viasat beats Ubiquiti on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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