SharkNinja (SN) Competitors

SharkNinja (NYSE:SN) and A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Is SN or AOS more profitable?

A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.94% compared to SharkNinja's net margin of 4.25%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 30.94% beat SharkNinja's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SharkNinja	4.25%	29.62%	13.74%
A. O. Smith	14.94%	30.94%	18.06%

Do analysts rate SN or AOS?

A. O. Smith has a consensus price target of $90.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.40%. Given A. O. Smith's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe A. O. Smith is more favorable than SharkNinja.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SharkNinja	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
A. O. Smith	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the media refer more to SN or AOS?

In the previous week, SharkNinja had 1 more articles in the media than A. O. Smith. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SharkNinja and 8 mentions for A. O. Smith. A. O. Smith's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat SharkNinja's score of 0.83 indicating that A. O. Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SharkNinja	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
A. O. Smith	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SN or AOS?

A. O. Smith received 444 more outperform votes than SharkNinja when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.24% of users gave SharkNinja an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SharkNinja	Outperform Votes 15 88.24%	Underperform Votes 2 11.76%
A. O. Smith	Outperform Votes 459 62.28%	Underperform Votes 278 37.72%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SN or AOS?

34.8% of SharkNinja shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of SharkNinja shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SN or AOS?

A. O. Smith has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SharkNinja. A. O. Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SharkNinja, 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
SharkNinja	$4.46B	2.40	$167.08M	$1.35	56.76
A. O. Smith	$3.85B	3.18	$556.60M	$3.86	21.67

Summary

A. O. Smith beats SharkNinja on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.