MRCY vs. VPG, VSH, IIN, AVX, IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, CTS, and BHE
Should you be buying Mercury Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury Systems include Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), IntriCon (IIN), AVX (AVX), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), and Benchmark Electronics (BHE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) and Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Vishay Precision Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Precision Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vishay Precision Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.97%. Mercury Systems has a consensus target price of $28.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.72%. Given Mercury Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than Mercury Systems.
In the previous week, Mercury Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Vishay Precision Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Mercury Systems and 1 mentions for Vishay Precision Group. Vishay Precision Group's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Mercury Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Mercury Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mercury Systems received 158 more outperform votes than Vishay Precision Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.06% of users gave Vishay Precision Group an outperform vote while only 65.30% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.
Vishay Precision Group has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Vishay Precision Group's net margin of -16.08%. Mercury Systems' return on equity of 8.68% beat Vishay Precision Group's return on equity.
87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Mercury Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats Mercury Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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