Vivint Smart Home (NYSE:VVNT) and CONX (NASDAQ:CONX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
78.8% of Vivint Smart Home shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vivint Smart Home shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vivint Smart Home and CONX, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Vivint Smart Home | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.17 |
CONX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Vivint Smart Home presently has a consensus price target of $21.8333, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. Given Vivint Smart Home's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vivint Smart Home is more favorable than CONX.
Profitability
This table compares Vivint Smart Home and CONX'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% |
CONX | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vivint Smart Home and CONX's 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 | 137.86 |
CONX | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Vivint Smart Home beats CONX on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.