AIU vs. FERG, ITRN, UUU, SMIT, FSRD, AREB, CRKN, LGMK, GFAI, and SPCB
Should you be buying Meta Data stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meta Data include Ferguson (FERG), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Universal Security Instruments (UUU), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), Fast Radius (FSRD), American Rebel (AREB), Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN), LogicMark (LGMK), Guardforce AI (GFAI), and SuperCom (SPCB). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Meta Data vs.
Meta Data (NYSE:AIU) and Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Meta Data.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 2 more articles in the media than Meta Data. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ferguson and 0 mentions for Meta Data. Ferguson's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Meta Data's score of 0.00 indicating that Ferguson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Meta Data has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferguson received 25 more outperform votes than Meta Data when rated by MarketBeat users.
Ferguson has a consensus price target of $8,448.82, suggesting a potential upside of 6,319.10%. Given Ferguson's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ferguson is more favorable than Meta Data.
52.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Meta Data shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ferguson has a net margin of 6.98% compared to Meta Data's net margin of 0.00%. Ferguson's return on equity of 45.56% beat Meta Data's return on equity.
Summary
Ferguson beats Meta Data on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AIU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
Meta Data Competitors List
