TRMB vs. ONTO, MANH, NTNX, NICE, SSNC, PSTG, TER, ZBRA, JBL, and AKAM
Should you be buying Trimble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trimble include Onto Innovation (ONTO), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Nutanix (NTNX), NICE (NICE), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Pure Storage (PSTG), Teradyne (TER), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), Jabil (JBL), and Akamai Technologies (AKAM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Onto Innovation (NYSE:ONTO) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Trimble has higher revenue and earnings than Onto Innovation. Trimble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onto Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Onto Innovation presently has a consensus target price of $180.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.18%. Trimble has a consensus target price of $64.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.56%. Given Trimble's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Onto Innovation is more favorable than Trimble.
Onto Innovation has a net margin of 14.85% compared to Onto Innovation's net margin of 8.19%. Onto Innovation's return on equity of 12.59% beat Trimble's return on equity.
Trimble received 175 more outperform votes than Onto Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.24% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 66.96% of users gave Onto Innovation an outperform vote.
Onto Innovation has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.4% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Onto Innovation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Trimble 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.
In the previous week, Onto Innovation had 2 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Onto Innovation and 9 mentions for Trimble. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Onto Innovation's score of 0.95 indicating that Onto Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Onto Innovation beats Trimble on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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