UEIC vs. GRMN, GNSS, KOSS, SYNX, IMTE, SONY, KN, SONO, ARLO, and CLFD
Should you be buying Universal Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Electronics include Garmin (GRMN), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), Integrated Media Technology (IMTE), Sony Group (SONY), Knowles (KN), Sonos (SONO), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), and Clearfield (CLFD).
Universal Electronics vs.
Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:UEIC) and Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Universal Electronics currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.37%. Garmin has a consensus target price of $171.00, suggesting a potential downside of 21.52%. Given Universal Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Universal Electronics is more favorable than Garmin.
Universal Electronics has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Garmin has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Garmin had 22 more articles in the media than Universal Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Garmin and 4 mentions for Universal Electronics. Garmin's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Universal Electronics' score of 0.63 indicating that Garmin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Garmin received 120 more outperform votes than Universal Electronics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Universal Electronics an outperform vote while only 52.07% of users gave Garmin an outperform vote.
79.4% of Universal Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Garmin shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Universal Electronics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of Garmin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Garmin has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Electronics. Universal Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Garmin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Garmin has a net margin of 25.48% compared to Universal Electronics' net margin of -6.96%. Garmin's return on equity of 17.99% beat Universal Electronics' return on equity.
Summary
Garmin beats Universal Electronics on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UEIC) was last updated on 1/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
