Universal Security Instruments (UUU) Competitors

Latch (NASDAQ:LTCH) and Universal Security Instruments (NYSE:UUU) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LTCH or UUU?

0.4% of Latch shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Latch shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Universal Security Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LTCH or UUU more profitable?

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, LTCH or UUU?

Latch has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Security Instruments has a beta of -0.21, indicating that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LTCH or UUU?

Universal Security Instruments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Latch.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Latch	$48.39M	0.36	-$162.34M	N/A	N/A
Universal Security Instruments	$22.17M	0.25	-$400K	-$0.56	-4.22

Does the media favor LTCH or UUU?

In the previous week, Universal Security Instruments had 3 more articles in the media than Latch. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Universal Security Instruments and 0 mentions for Latch. Universal Security Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Latch's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Security Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Latch	Neutral
Universal Security Instruments	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LTCH or UUU?

Latch received 9 more outperform votes than Universal Security Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 27.27% of users gave Latch an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Universal Security Instruments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Latch	Outperform Votes 9 27.27%	Underperform Votes 24 72.73%
Universal Security Instruments	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 29 100.00%

Summary

Latch beats Universal Security Instruments on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.