VGR vs. UVV, PM, MO, RLX, ISPR, XXII, HPCO, BTI, FSS, and IAC
Should you be buying Vector Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vector Group include Universal (UVV), Philip Morris International (PM), Altria Group (MO), RLX Technology (RLX), Ispire Technology (ISPR), 22nd Century Group (XXII), Hempacco (HPCO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Federal Signal (FSS), and IAC (IAC).
Vector Group (NYSE:VGR) and Universal (NYSE:UVV) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Vector Group has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vector Group pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Universal pays an annual dividend of $3.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Vector Group pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal pays out 67.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Vector Group has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Universal's net margin of 4.35%. Universal's return on equity of 8.81% beat Vector Group's return on equity.
Vector Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal. Vector Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
64.1% of Vector Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Universal shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Vector Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Universal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vector Group received 69 more outperform votes than Universal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.82% of users gave Vector Group an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Universal an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vector Group had 1 more articles in the media than Universal. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vector Group and 4 mentions for Universal. Universal's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Vector Group's score of 1.14 indicating that Universal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vector Group beats Universal on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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