UEIC vs. RELL, REKR, ZFOX, LTRX, INTT, RDCM, BZUN, GWH, VOXX, and AXTI
Should you be buying Universal Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Electronics include Richardson Electronics (RELL), Rekor Systems (REKR), ZeroFox (ZFOX), Lantronix (LTRX), inTEST (INTT), RADCOM (RDCM), Baozun (BZUN), ESS Tech (GWH), VOXX International (VOXX), and AXT (AXTI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Richardson Electronics (NASDAQ:RELL) and Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
71.9% of Richardson Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Universal Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 32.5% of Richardson Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Universal Electronics shares are held by 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.
Richardson Electronics has a net margin of 1.97% compared to Richardson Electronics' net margin of -11.27%. Universal Electronics' return on equity of 1.09% beat Richardson Electronics' return on equity.
Richardson Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.93%. Universal Electronics has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.27%. Given Universal Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Richardson Electronics is more favorable than Universal Electronics.
Richardson Electronics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Richardson Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Electronics received 99 more outperform votes than Richardson Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Richardson Electronics an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote.
Richardson Electronics has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Universal Electronics had 13 more articles in the media than Richardson Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Universal Electronics and 5 mentions for Richardson Electronics. Universal Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Richardson Electronics' score of 0.26 indicating that Richardson Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Richardson Electronics beats Universal Electronics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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