Vivint Smart Home (NYSE:VVNT) and Arko (NASDAQ:ARKO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Vivint Smart Home and Arko's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Vivint Smart Home | N/A | -0.71% | 0.32% |
Arko | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Volatility and Risk
Vivint Smart Home has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arko has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vivint Smart Home and Arko, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Vivint Smart Home | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
Arko | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.33 |
Vivint Smart Home presently has a consensus target price of $22.75, indicating a potential upside of 67.53%. Arko has a consensus target price of $12.6667, indicating a potential upside of 25.79%. Given Vivint Smart Home's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vivint Smart Home is more favorable than Arko.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
78.8% of Vivint Smart Home shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Arko shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vivint Smart Home shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vivint Smart Home and Arko's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Vivint Smart Home | N/A | N/A | $4.20 million | $0.14 | 97.00 |
Arko | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Vivint Smart Home beats Arko on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.