Universal Security Instruments (UUU) Competitors

Universal Security Instruments (NYSE:UUU) and Davis Commodities (NASDAQ:DTCK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UUU or DTCK?

Universal Security Instruments and Davis Commodities both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Universal Security Instruments	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 27 100.00%
Davis Commodities	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, UUU or DTCK?

Universal Security Instruments has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Davis Commodities has a beta of -2.54, meaning that its share price is 354% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UUU or DTCK more profitable?

Davis Commodities has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Universal Security Instruments' net margin of -5.77%. Davis Commodities' return on equity of 0.00% beat Universal Security Instruments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Universal Security Instruments	-5.77%	-27.30%	-12.88%
Davis Commodities	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UUU or DTCK?

81.8% of Davis Commodities shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Universal Security Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor UUU or DTCK?

In the previous week, Davis Commodities had 4 more articles in the media than Universal Security Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Davis Commodities and 1 mentions for Universal Security Instruments. Universal Security Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Davis Commodities' score of 0.54 indicating that Universal Security Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Universal Security Instruments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Davis Commodities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, UUU or DTCK?

Davis Commodities has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Security Instruments.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Universal Security Instruments	$22.17M	0.22	-$400K	-$0.56	-3.83
Davis Commodities	$159.84M	0.09	$1.09M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Davis Commodities beats Universal Security Instruments on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.