GRMN vs. GOOGL, A, ANET, UEIC, KLAC, ROK, FLEX, TER, SNX, and MKSI
Should you be buying Garmin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Garmin include Alphabet (GOOGL), Agilent Technologies (A), Arista Networks (ANET), Universal Electronics (UEIC), KLA (KLAC), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Flex (FLEX), Teradyne (TER), TD SYNNEX (SNX), and MKS (MKSI).
Garmin vs. Its Competitors
Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Alphabet had 146 more articles in the media than Garmin. MarketBeat recorded 168 mentions for Alphabet and 22 mentions for Garmin. Alphabet's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Garmin's score of 1.04 indicating that Alphabet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to Garmin's net margin of 23.21%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.31% beat Garmin's return on equity.
Garmin has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than Garmin. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Garmin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.6% of Garmin shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.5% of Garmin shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Garmin pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Garmin pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Garmin has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Alphabet has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Garmin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Garmin currently has a consensus target price of $228.75, indicating a potential downside of 10.50%. Alphabet has a consensus target price of $242.98, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than Garmin.
Summary
Alphabet beats Garmin on 15 of the 20 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 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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This page (NYSE:GRMN) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
