KN vs. VZIO, SONO, ARLO, UEIC, GNSS, KOSS, SYNX, IMTE, SONY, and ALGM
Should you be buying Knowles stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knowles include VIZIO (VZIO), Sonos (SONO), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Universal Electronics (UEIC), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), Integrated Media Technology (IMTE), Sony Group (SONY), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM).
VIZIO (NYSE:VZIO) and Knowles (NYSE:KN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Knowles has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Knowles' net margin of 1.00%. VIZIO's return on equity of 5.98% beat Knowles' return on equity.
Knowles received 337 more outperform votes than VIZIO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote while only 47.50% of users gave VIZIO an outperform vote.
66.2% of VIZIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Knowles shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.7% of VIZIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Knowles shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
VIZIO currently has a consensus price target of $10.77, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. Knowles has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.97%. Given Knowles' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VIZIO is more favorable than Knowles.
In the previous week, VIZIO had 12 more articles in the media than Knowles. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for VIZIO and 26 mentions for Knowles. Knowles' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat VIZIO's score of -0.06 indicating that VIZIO is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VIZIO has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Knowles has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VIZIO. Knowles is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VIZIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Knowles beats VIZIO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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