UL Solutions (ULS) Competitors

$36.68
+0.12 (+0.33%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

ULS vs. SOFI, RHI, SPSC, NOV, FCN, VNT, PSN, KVYO, COHR, and G

Should you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Robert Half (RHI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), NOV (NOV), FTI Consulting (FCN), Vontier (VNT), Parsons (PSN), Klaviyo (KVYO), Coherent (COHR), and Genpact (G). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

UL Solutions vs.

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

UL Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SoFi Technologies.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UL SolutionsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
SoFi Technologies$2.12B3.19-$300.74M-$0.31-22.39

UL Solutions has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SoFi Technologies' net margin of -8.21%. SoFi Technologies' return on equity of 1.10% beat UL Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UL SolutionsN/A N/A N/A
SoFi Technologies -8.21%1.10%0.20%

SoFi Technologies received 38 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.82% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 36.43% of users gave SoFi Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
9
81.82%
Underperform Votes
2
18.18%
SoFi TechnologiesOutperform Votes
47
36.43%
Underperform Votes
82
63.57%

In the previous week, SoFi Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for SoFi Technologies and 34 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat SoFi Technologies' score of 0.55 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions
4 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SoFi Technologies
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

UL Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $40.30, suggesting a potential upside of 9.87%. SoFi Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.08, suggesting a potential upside of 30.88%. Given SoFi Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SoFi Technologies is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
SoFi Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16

38.4% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of SoFi Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SoFi Technologies beats UL Solutions on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ULS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ULS vs. The Competition

MetricUL SolutionsTesting laboratories IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.34B$2.34B$6.82B$17.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%2.82%3.47%
P/E RatioN/AN/A15.0521.66
Price / SalesN/A1.601,001.5210.06
Price / CashN/A35.0128.1318.04
Price / BookN/A2.884.896.05
Net IncomeN/A$68.07M$117.71M$967.12M
7 Day Performance3.62%-0.11%0.44%1.48%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-12.46%0.43%2.59%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-26.69%8.06%131.38%

UL Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOFI
SoFi Technologies
3.2538 of 5 stars
$6.99
+1.0%
$9.08
+29.9%
+35.0%$6.83B$2.12B-22.554,400
RHI
Robert Half
4.444 of 5 stars
$69.58
+0.5%
$68.14
-2.1%
+5.4%$7.31B$6.39B20.8315,000Insider Selling
News Coverage
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.7096 of 5 stars
$182.07
+1.7%
$196.57
+8.0%
+23.6%$6.74B$536.91M99.492,489Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NOV
NOV
4.9129 of 5 stars
$18.56
+1.0%
$24.07
+29.7%
+24.6%$7.34B$8.58B7.4533,676
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.4076 of 5 stars
$215.25
+1.3%
$255.00
+18.5%
+25.2%$7.68B$3.49B25.037,990Insider Selling
News Coverage
VNT
Vontier
3.867 of 5 stars
$40.35
-0.7%
$45.00
+11.5%
+45.2%$6.24B$3.10B16.748,000
PSN
Parsons
2.2506 of 5 stars
$77.30
-0.4%
$82.33
+6.5%
+77.1%$8.18B$5.44B54.4418,500
KVYO
Klaviyo
2.3068 of 5 stars
$22.50
-0.4%
$36.88
+63.9%
N/A$5.88B$698.10M0.001,815Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
COHR
Coherent
1.9965 of 5 stars
$55.38
+1.9%
$58.27
+5.2%
+84.1%$8.41B$5.16B-19.7126,622Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
G
Genpact
3.3453 of 5 stars
$31.30
+1.9%
$39.78
+27.1%
-7.9%$5.64B$4.48B9.12129,100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:ULS) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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