HAYW vs. USM, LITE, VSH, SPT, RNG, CCOI, QTWO, IRDM, DOCN, and PYCR
Should you be buying Hayward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hayward include United States Cellular (USM), Lumentum (LITE), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Sprout Social (SPT), RingCentral (RNG), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Q2 (QTWO), Iridium Communications (IRDM), DigitalOcean (DOCN), and Paycor HCM (PYCR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Hayward has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United States Cellular. Hayward is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Cellular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hayward has a net margin of 8.13% compared to United States Cellular's net margin of 1.41%. Hayward's return on equity of 9.55% beat United States Cellular's return on equity.
Hayward has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hayward had 10 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hayward and 3 mentions for United States Cellular. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Hayward's score of -0.22 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hayward presently has a consensus price target of $14.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. United States Cellular has a consensus price target of $45.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.49%. Given United States Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than Hayward.
United States Cellular received 199 more outperform votes than Hayward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.16% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Hayward an outperform vote.
18.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Hayward shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of United States Cellular shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
United States Cellular beats Hayward on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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