UEIC vs. GRMN, OSS, GAUZ, DFLI, FLUX, WBX, XCH, REFR, SPRU, and KTCC
Should you be buying Universal Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Electronics include Garmin (GRMN), One Stop Systems (OSS), Gauzy (GAUZ), Dragonfly Energy (DFLI), Flux Power (FLUX), Wallbox (WBX), XCHG (XCH), Research Frontiers (REFR), Spruce Power (SPRU), and Key Tronic (KTCC). These companies are all part of the "elec prods - misc" industry.
Universal Electronics vs. Its Competitors
Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) and Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Garmin had 23 more articles in the media than Universal Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Garmin and 3 mentions for Universal Electronics. Garmin's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Universal Electronics' score of 0.20 indicating that Garmin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.4% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Garmin shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Universal Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Garmin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 150.23%. Garmin has a consensus price target of $228.75, indicating a potential downside of 8.82%. Given Universal Electronics' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Universal Electronics is more favorable than Garmin.
Garmin has a net margin of 23.21% compared to Universal Electronics' net margin of -4.07%. Garmin's return on equity of 20.00% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.
Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Garmin has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Garmin beats Universal Electronics on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:UEIC) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
