MRCY vs. VPG, VSH, IIN, AVX, IPGP, SANM, PLXS, TTMI, CTS, and BHE
Should you be buying Mercury Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mercury Systems include Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), IntriCon (IIN), AVX (AVX), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Sanmina (SANM), Plexus (PLXS), TTM Technologies (TTMI), CTS (CTS), and Benchmark Electronics (BHE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY) and Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Mercury Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Vishay Precision Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mercury Systems and 0 mentions for Vishay Precision Group. Mercury Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Vishay Precision Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercury Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mercury Systems presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.92%. Vishay Precision Group has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. Given Vishay Precision Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than Mercury Systems.
96.0% of Mercury Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Mercury Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vishay Precision Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mercury Systems. Mercury Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Precision Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mercury Systems received 158 more outperform votes than Vishay Precision Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.06% of users gave Vishay Precision Group an outperform vote while only 65.30% of users gave Mercury Systems an outperform vote.
Vishay Precision Group has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Mercury Systems' net margin of -16.08%. Vishay Precision Group's return on equity of 8.68% beat Mercury Systems' return on equity.
Mercury Systems has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats Mercury Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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