WTS vs. WIX, YNDX, MMYT, RDDT, CGNX, LYFT, ARW, BZ, MTSI, and AMKR
Should you be buying Watts Water Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watts Water Technologies include Wix.com (WIX), Yandex (YNDX), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), Reddit (RDDT), Cognex (CGNX), Lyft (LYFT), Arrow Electronics (ARW), Kanzhun (BZ), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Amkor Technology (AMKR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) and Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
81.5% of Wix.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Wix.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wix.com had 10 more articles in the media than Watts Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Wix.com and 4 mentions for Watts Water Technologies. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Wix.com's score of 0.39 indicating that Wix.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wix.com received 378 more outperform votes than Watts Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.66% of users gave Wix.com an outperform vote while only 57.01% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote.
Wix.com presently has a consensus target price of $144.29, indicating a potential upside of 20.71%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus target price of $191.20, indicating a potential downside of 5.98%. Given Watts Water Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Wix.com is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.
Wix.com has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Watts Water Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Wix.com. Watts Water Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wix.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 12.75% compared to Watts Water Technologies' net margin of 2.12%. Wix.com's return on equity of 19.38% beat Watts Water Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Wix.com beats Watts Water Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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