Radware (RDWR) Competitors

Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) and Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, FTDR or RDWR?

Frontdoor has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radware has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FTDR or RDWR?

73.1% of Radware shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Frontdoor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Radware shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FTDR or RDWR more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Radware's net margin of 4.90%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 125.21% beat Radware's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontdoor	13.07%	125.21%	15.65%
Radware	4.90%	6.11%	3.50%

Do analysts prefer FTDR or RDWR?

Frontdoor presently has a consensus target price of $59.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.15%. Radware has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.08%. Given Radware's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Radware is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Radware	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer FTDR or RDWR?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 17 more articles in the media than Radware. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Frontdoor and 4 mentions for Radware. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Radware's score of 0.64 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontdoor	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Radware	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FTDR or RDWR?

Frontdoor has higher revenue and earnings than Radware. Frontdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Radware, 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
Frontdoor	$1.84B	2.33	$235M	$3.39	17.42
Radware	$274.88M	3.76	$6.04M	$0.32	75.75

Summary

Frontdoor beats Radware on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.