UEIC vs. GRMN, KOPN, MG, NVX, GAUZ, ELVA, ABAT, RAYA, OSS, and XCH
Should you be buying Universal Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Electronics include Garmin (GRMN), Kopin (KOPN), Mistras Group (MG), NOVONIX (NVX), Gauzy (GAUZ), Electrovaya (ELVA), American Battery Technology (ABAT), Erayak Power Solution Group (RAYA), One Stop Systems (OSS), and XCHG (XCH). These companies are all part of the "elec prods - misc" industry.
Universal Electronics vs. Its Competitors
Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) and Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.
Garmin has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Garmin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Garmin has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Garmin presently has a consensus target price of $206.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.38%. Universal Electronics has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 110.39%. Given Universal Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Universal Electronics is more favorable than Garmin.
Garmin has a net margin of 22.76% compared to Universal Electronics' net margin of -5.48%. Garmin's return on equity of 19.21% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Garmin had 26 more articles in the media than Universal Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Garmin and 1 mentions for Universal Electronics. Garmin's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Universal Electronics' score of 0.00 indicating that Garmin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.6% of Garmin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Universal Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Garmin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Universal Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Garmin beats Universal Electronics on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:UEIC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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