VREX vs. VIAV, SIMO, NN, AAOI, HIMX, JKS, DQ, NSSC, PL, and COMM
Should you be buying Varex Imaging stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Varex Imaging include Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), NextNav (NN), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Himax Technologies (HIMX), JinkoSolar (JKS), Daqo New Energy (DQ), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Planet Labs PBC (PL), and CommScope (COMM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Varex Imaging vs.
Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Varex Imaging shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Viavi Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Varex Imaging. Viavi Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Varex Imaging, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Varex Imaging presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.33%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $10.44, suggesting a potential upside of 2.18%. Given Varex Imaging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Varex Imaging is more favorable than Viavi Solutions.
In the previous week, Viavi Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than Varex Imaging. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Viavi Solutions and 1 mentions for Varex Imaging. Varex Imaging's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.33 indicating that Varex Imaging is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Viavi Solutions received 435 more outperform votes than Varex Imaging when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.41% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Varex Imaging an outperform vote.
Viavi Solutions has a net margin of -3.78% compared to Varex Imaging's net margin of -5.88%. Varex Imaging's return on equity of 3.85% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
Varex Imaging has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats Varex Imaging on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VREX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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