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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings 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.
84.0% of Generac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of GitLab shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Generac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of GitLab shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Generac had 5 more articles in the media than GitLab. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Generac and 10 mentions for GitLab. Generac's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat GitLab's score of 0.62 indicating that Generac is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
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.
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 presently has a consensus price target of $142.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.64%. GitLab has a consensus price target of $70.50, suggesting 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.
Summary
Generac beats GitLab on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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