GNSS vs. UEIC, KOSS, SYNX, IMTE, SONY, VZIO, SONO, KN, ARLO, and DOYU
Should you be buying Genasys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genasys include Universal Electronics (UEIC), Koss (KOSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), Integrated Media Technology (IMTE), Sony Group (SONY), VIZIO (VZIO), Sonos (SONO), Knowles (KN), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), and DouYu International (DOYU).
Genasys (NASDAQ:GNSS) and Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Universal Electronics received 307 more outperform votes than Genasys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.04% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote while only 44.74% of users gave Genasys an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Genasys and Genasys both had 3 articles in the media. Universal Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Genasys' score of 0.96 indicating that Universal Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genasys has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genasys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genasys presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 92.31%. Universal Electronics has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.84%. Given Genasys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Genasys is more favorable than Universal Electronics.
40.0% of Genasys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Universal Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Genasys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Universal Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Electronics has a net margin of -11.27% compared to Genasys' net margin of -71.72%. Universal Electronics' return on equity of -22.59% beat Genasys' return on equity.
Genasys has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Universal Electronics beats Genasys on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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