UUU vs. LTCH, HYFM, DTCK, HKPD, GWAV, TAIT, SCNX, COSM, EDUC, and HWH
Should you be buying Universal Security Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Security Instruments include Latch (LTCH), Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM), Davis Commodities (DTCK), Hong Kong Pharma Digital Technology (HKPD), Greenwave Technology Solutions (GWAV), Taitron Components (TAIT), Scienture (SCNX), Cosmos Health (COSM), Educational Development (EDUC), and HWH International (HWH). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Universal Security Instruments vs.
Latch (NASDAQ:LTCH) and Universal Security Instruments (NYSE:UUU) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Latch has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Security Instruments has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Security Instruments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Latch.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Universal Security Instruments had 2 more articles in the media than Latch. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Universal Security Instruments and 0 mentions for Latch. Universal Security Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Latch's score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Security Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.4% of Latch shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Latch shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Universal Security Instruments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Latch beats Universal Security Instruments on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UUU) was last updated on 5/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
