Clear Secure (YOU) Competitors

Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) and Clear Secure (NYSE:YOU) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, ALRM or YOU?

Alarm.com has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clear Secure has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ALRM or YOU?

Alarm.com currently has a consensus target price of $68.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.05%. Clear Secure has a consensus target price of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 55.11%. Given Alarm.com's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Alarm.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alarm.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Clear Secure	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is ALRM or YOU more profitable?

Alarm.com has a net margin of 9.19% compared to Alarm.com's net margin of 4.58%. Clear Secure's return on equity of 11.61% beat Alarm.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alarm.com	9.19%	11.61%	5.45%
Clear Secure	4.58%	9.66%	4.03%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ALRM or YOU?

91.7% of Alarm.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.8% of Clear Secure shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Alarm.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Clear Secure shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ALRM or YOU?

Alarm.com has higher revenue and earnings than Clear Secure. Alarm.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, 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
Alarm.com	$881.68M	3.64	$81.04M	$1.53	42.03
Clear Secure	$613.58M	4.74	$28.11M	$0.30	61.04

Does the media prefer ALRM or YOU?

In the previous week, Alarm.com had 8 more articles in the media than Clear Secure. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Alarm.com and 12 mentions for Clear Secure. Alarm.com's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Clear Secure's score of -0.28 indicating that Clear Secure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alarm.com	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clear Secure	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALRM or YOU?

Alarm.com received 385 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.21% of users gave Alarm.com an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alarm.com	Outperform Votes 414 67.21%	Underperform Votes 202 32.79%
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 29 60.42%	Underperform Votes 19 39.58%

Summary

Alarm.com beats Clear Secure on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.