UI vs. MAXR, VSAT, ERIC, NOK, ZI, BILL, IOT, PCTY, ZG, and CDAY
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include Maxar Technologies (MAXR), Viasat (VSAT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), BILL (BILL), Samsara (IOT), Paylocity (PCTY), Zillow Group (ZG), and Ceridian HCM (CDAY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ubiquiti vs.
Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Ubiquiti pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Maxar Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ubiquiti pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Maxar Technologies pays out -1.9% 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.
Ubiquiti has higher revenue and earnings than Maxar Technologies. Maxar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ubiquiti currently has a consensus price target of $291.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.51%. Maxar Technologies has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential downside of 14.13%. Given Ubiquiti's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ubiquiti is more favorable than Maxar Technologies.
3.6% of Ubiquiti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Maxar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 93.2% of Ubiquiti shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Maxar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maxar Technologies has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Maxar Technologies received 398 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Maxar Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.03% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Maxar Technologies' net margin of -9.35%. Maxar Technologies' return on equity of -4.45% beat Ubiquiti's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ubiquiti had 3 more articles in the media than Maxar Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ubiquiti and 0 mentions for Maxar Technologies. Maxar Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Ubiquiti's score of 0.88 indicating that Maxar Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ubiquiti beats Maxar Technologies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UI 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.
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