LRAD (LRAD) Competitors

LRAD (NASDAQ:LRAD) and Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, LRAD or UEIC?

LRAD has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LRAD or UEIC?

Universal Electronics received 157 more outperform votes than LRAD when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.60% of users gave LRAD an outperform vote while only 57.80% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LRAD	Outperform Votes 180 76.60%	Underperform Votes 55 23.40%
Universal Electronics	Outperform Votes 337 57.80%	Underperform Votes 246 42.20%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LRAD or UEIC?

LRAD has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Electronics. LRAD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LRAD	$26.31M	2.03	-$3.74M	-$0.06	-27.33
Universal Electronics	$395.31M	0.23	-$98.24M	-$1.66	-4.11

Does the media refer more to LRAD or UEIC?

In the previous week, Universal Electronics had 6 more articles in the media than LRAD. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Universal Electronics and 0 mentions for LRAD. Universal Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat LRAD's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LRAD	Neutral
Universal Electronics	Positive

Do analysts recommend LRAD or UEIC?

Universal Electronics has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 112.61%. Given Universal Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Universal Electronics is more favorable than LRAD.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LRAD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Universal Electronics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LRAD or UEIC?

49.6% of LRAD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Universal Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of LRAD shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Universal Electronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LRAD or UEIC more profitable?

LRAD has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Universal Electronics' net margin of -6.09%. LRAD's return on equity of 1.25% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LRAD	1.29%	1.25%	1.02%
Universal Electronics	-6.09%	-3.67%	-1.88%

Summary

Universal Electronics beats LRAD on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.