Hayward (HAYW) Competitors

nVent Electric (NYSE:NVT) and Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Is NVT or HAYW more profitable?

nVent Electric has a net margin of 16.59% compared to Hayward's net margin of 9.06%. nVent Electric's return on equity of 17.21% beat Hayward's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nVent Electric	16.59%	17.21%	8.86%
Hayward	9.06%	9.66%	4.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NVT or HAYW?

nVent Electric received 140 more outperform votes than Hayward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.70% of users gave nVent Electric an outperform vote while only 47.56% of users gave Hayward an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
nVent Electric	Outperform Votes 179 63.70%	Underperform Votes 102 36.30%
Hayward	Outperform Votes 39 47.56%	Underperform Votes 43 52.44%

Do analysts recommend NVT or HAYW?

nVent Electric currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.99%. Hayward has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. Given nVent Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe nVent Electric is more favorable than Hayward.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nVent Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hayward	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NVT or HAYW?

nVent Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Hayward. nVent Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hayward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
nVent Electric	$3.47B	3.33	$567.10M	$3.43	20.31
Hayward	$995.74M	3.19	$80.69M	$0.36	41.08

Which has more risk and volatility, NVT or HAYW?

nVent Electric has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hayward has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NVT or HAYW?

In the previous week, Hayward had 1 more articles in the media than nVent Electric. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hayward and 10 mentions for nVent Electric. nVent Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Hayward's score of -0.15 indicating that nVent Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
nVent Electric	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hayward	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NVT or HAYW?

90.1% of nVent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of nVent Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Hayward shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

nVent Electric beats Hayward on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.