Credo Technology Group (CRDO) Competitors

Credo Technology Group (NASDAQ:CRDO) and Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CRDO or VRT?

80.5% of Credo Technology Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Credo Technology Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Vertiv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CRDO or VRT?

Credo Technology Group has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertiv has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CRDO or VRT?

Credo Technology Group presently has a consensus target price of $76.40, suggesting a potential downside of 4.52%. Vertiv has a consensus target price of $141.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.27%. Given Vertiv's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Credo Technology Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Credo Technology Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Vertiv	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Does the media prefer CRDO or VRT?

In the previous week, Vertiv had 10 more articles in the media than Credo Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Vertiv and 24 mentions for Credo Technology Group. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Credo Technology Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Vertiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Credo Technology Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vertiv	22 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CRDO or VRT?

Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than Credo Technology Group. Credo Technology Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Credo Technology Group	$192.97M	69.35	-$28.37M	-$0.15	-533.47
Vertiv	$6.86B	7.43	$460.20M	$1.50	90.63

Is CRDO or VRT more profitable?

Vertiv has a net margin of 7.72% compared to Credo Technology Group's net margin of -9.70%. Vertiv's return on equity of 55.33% beat Credo Technology Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Credo Technology Group	-9.70%	-2.94%	-2.60%
Vertiv	7.72%	55.33%	11.48%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRDO or VRT?

Vertiv received 35 more outperform votes than Credo Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Credo Technology Group an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Credo Technology Group	Outperform Votes 56 66.67%	Underperform Votes 28 33.33%
Vertiv	Outperform Votes 91 62.33%	Underperform Votes 55 37.67%

Summary

Vertiv beats Credo Technology Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.