GNRC vs. GTLB, INFA, MNDY, VIPS, FN, APPF, MKSI, OTEX, U, and OLED
Should you be buying Generac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Generac include GitLab (GTLB), Informatica (INFA), monday.com (MNDY), Vipshop (VIPS), Fabrinet (FN), AppFolio (APPF), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Open Text (OTEX), Unity Software (U), and Universal Display (OLED). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Generac (NYSE:GNRC) and GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Generac has higher revenue and earnings than GitLab. GitLab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Generac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Generac presently has a consensus target price of $142.40, indicating a potential downside of 1.69%. GitLab has a consensus target price of $70.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.31%. Given GitLab's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GitLab is more favorable than Generac.
84.0% of Generac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of GitLab shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Generac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of GitLab shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Generac received 410 more outperform votes than GitLab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.26% of users gave Generac an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave GitLab an outperform vote.
Generac has a net margin of 5.68% compared to GitLab's net margin of -73.14%. Generac's return on equity of 14.68% beat GitLab's return on equity.
In the previous week, Generac had 2 more articles in the media than GitLab. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Generac and 10 mentions for GitLab. GitLab's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Generac's score of 0.60 indicating that GitLab is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Generac has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GitLab has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Generac beats GitLab on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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