Sezzle (SEZL) Competitors

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Is ULS or SEZL more profitable?

Sezzle has a net margin of 25.29% compared to UL Solutions' net margin of 11.36%. Sezzle's return on equity of 101.18% beat UL Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UL Solutions	11.36%	44.52%	12.48%
Sezzle	25.29%	101.18%	18.90%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ULS or SEZL?

2.0% of Sezzle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of UL Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.5% of Sezzle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ULS or SEZL?

UL Solutions has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sezzle has a beta of 9.06, indicating that its share price is 806% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ULS or SEZL?

In the previous week, Sezzle had 6 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sezzle and 4 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Sezzle's score of 0.77 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sezzle	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ULS or SEZL?

UL Solutions received 9 more outperform votes than Sezzle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Sezzle an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UL Solutions	Outperform Votes 20 58.82%	Underperform Votes 14 41.18%
Sezzle	Outperform Votes 11 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has better valuation & earnings, ULS or SEZL?

UL Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Sezzle. Sezzle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UL Solutions, 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
UL Solutions	$2.91B	4.84	$260M	$1.67	42.00
Sezzle	$329.06M	12.42	$7.10M	$2.96	41.50

Do analysts rate ULS or SEZL?

UL Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $69.43, indicating a potential downside of 1.01%. Sezzle has a consensus price target of $61.42, indicating a potential downside of 50.00%. Given UL Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UL Solutions is more favorable than Sezzle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UL Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Sezzle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Summary

Sezzle beats UL Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.