Radware (RDWR) Competitors

Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RDWR or FTDR?

73.1% of Radware shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Radware shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Frontdoor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RDWR or FTDR more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Radware's net margin of 4.90%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 125.21% beat Radware's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radware	4.90%	6.11%	3.50%
Frontdoor	13.07%	125.21%	15.65%

Do analysts prefer RDWR or FTDR?

Radware presently has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.69%. Frontdoor has a consensus target price of $59.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.46%. Given Radware's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Radware is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radware	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has better valuation & earnings, RDWR or FTDR?

Frontdoor has higher revenue and earnings than Radware. Frontdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Radware, 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
Radware	$288.81M	3.65	$6.04M	$0.32	77.13
Frontdoor	$1.84B	2.33	$235M	$3.39	17.37

Does the media favor RDWR or FTDR?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 11 more articles in the media than Radware. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Frontdoor and 4 mentions for Radware. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Radware's score of 0.51 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radware	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontdoor	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, RDWR or FTDR?

Radware has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Frontdoor beats Radware on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.