VRT vs. PI, AEIS, LPL, VICR, VREX, MVIS, NEON, NSYS, LGL, and OST
Should you be buying Vertiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertiv include Impinj (PI), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), LG Display (LPL), Vicor (VICR), Varex Imaging (VREX), MicroVision (MVIS), Neonode (NEON), Nortech Systems (NSYS), The LGL Group (LGL), and Ostin Technology Group (OST). These companies are all part of the "electronic components, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) and Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Impinj received 384 more outperform votes than Vertiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave Impinj an outperform vote while only 55.08% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.
Vertiv has a net margin of 5.79% compared to Vertiv's net margin of -1.90%. Impinj's return on equity of 44.95% beat Vertiv's return on equity.
89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. 51.0% of Impinj shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Vertiv shares are held 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.
Impinj currently has a consensus price target of $143.10, indicating a potential downside of 12.57%. Vertiv has a consensus price target of $91.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.21%. Given Impinj's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Impinj.
In the previous week, Vertiv had 21 more articles in the media than Impinj. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Vertiv and 6 mentions for Impinj. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Impinj's score of 0.70 indicating that Impinj is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than Impinj. Impinj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Impinj has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertiv has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vertiv beats Impinj on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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