ARW vs. AVT, CLVT, CACI, NVT, YNDX, NATI, GLOB, OLED, DSGX, and BZ
Should you be buying Arrow Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arrow Electronics include Avnet (AVT), Clarivate (CLVT), CACI International (CACI), nVent Electric (NVT), Yandex (YNDX), National Instruments (NATI), Globant (GLOB), Universal Display (OLED), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), and Kanzhun (BZ). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Arrow Electronics vs.
Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) and Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
95.5% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Avnet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Arrow Electronics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Avnet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Arrow Electronics had 9 more articles in the media than Avnet. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Arrow Electronics and 3 mentions for Avnet. Avnet's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Arrow Electronics' score of 0.06 indicating that Avnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arrow Electronics has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Avnet's net margin of 3.26%. Arrow Electronics' return on equity of 26.96% beat Avnet's return on equity.
Arrow Electronics presently has a consensus target price of $125.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.71%. Avnet has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Given Arrow Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Arrow Electronics is more favorable than Avnet.
Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avnet has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arrow Electronics received 412 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote while only 28.13% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.
Arrow Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Avnet. Avnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arrow Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Arrow Electronics beats Avnet on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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