UI vs. VSAT, ERIC, NOK, RMBS, FN, ARW, S, BZ, MTSI, and YNDX
Should you be buying Ubiquiti stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ubiquiti include Viasat (VSAT), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Rambus (RMBS), Fabrinet (FN), Arrow Electronics (ARW), SentinelOne (S), Kanzhun (BZ), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Yandex (YNDX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ubiquiti (NYSE:UI) and Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Viasat received 414 more outperform votes than Ubiquiti when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Ubiquiti an outperform vote.
Viasat has higher revenue and earnings than Ubiquiti. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ubiquiti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ubiquiti has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viasat has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.0% of Ubiquiti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Viasat shares are held by institutional investors. 93.1% of Ubiquiti shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Viasat shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ubiquiti has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Viasat's net margin of 6.01%. Viasat's return on equity of 4.52% beat Ubiquiti's return on equity.
Ubiquiti currently has a consensus price target of $126.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.23%. Viasat has a consensus price target of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 112.63%. Given Viasat's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viasat is more favorable than Ubiquiti.
In the previous week, Viasat had 4 more articles in the media than Ubiquiti. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Viasat and 1 mentions for Ubiquiti. Viasat's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ubiquiti's score of -0.16 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Viasat beats Ubiquiti on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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