Vertiv (VRT) Competitors

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VRT or ARM?

Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than ARM. Vertiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARM, 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
Vertiv	$8.41B	4.92	$495.80M	$1.72	63.14
ARM	$4.01B	37.18	$306M	$0.75	187.51

Do analysts recommend VRT or ARM?

Vertiv presently has a consensus target price of $124.69, indicating a potential upside of 14.82%. ARM has a consensus target price of $152.76, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. Given Vertiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Vertiv is more favorable than ARM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertiv	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
ARM	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68

Is VRT or ARM more profitable?

ARM has a net margin of 21.82% compared to Vertiv's net margin of 6.19%. Vertiv's return on equity of 61.41% beat ARM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vertiv	6.19%	61.41%	13.07%
ARM	21.82%	11.94%	8.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, VRT or ARM?

Vertiv has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARM has a beta of 4.08, suggesting that its share price is 308% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VRT or ARM?

89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of ARM shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vertiv shares are held by 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 MarketBeat Community believe in VRT or ARM?

Vertiv received 19 more outperform votes than ARM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.34% of users gave ARM an outperform vote while only 61.82% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vertiv	Outperform Votes 102 61.82%	Underperform Votes 63 38.18%
ARM	Outperform Votes 83 70.34%	Underperform Votes 35 29.66%

Does the media refer more to VRT or ARM?

In the previous week, Vertiv had 3 more articles in the media than ARM. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Vertiv and 35 mentions for ARM. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat ARM's score of 0.36 indicating that Vertiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vertiv	26 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ARM	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vertiv beats ARM on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.