BMI vs. SMAR, NVMI, CLS, QLYS, SQSP, ALGM, NOVT, PHI, CRUS, and TENB
Should you be buying Badger Meter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Badger Meter include Smartsheet (SMAR), Nova (NVMI), Celestica (CLS), Qualys (QLYS), Squarespace (SQSP), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Novanta (NOVT), PLDT (PHI), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Tenable (TENB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) and Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
90.0% of Smartsheet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Smartsheet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Badger Meter has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Badger Meter's net margin of -10.92%. Smartsheet's return on equity of 20.26% beat Badger Meter's return on equity.
Badger Meter has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smartsheet. Smartsheet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smartsheet has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Smartsheet had 5 more articles in the media than Badger Meter. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Smartsheet and 9 mentions for Badger Meter. Smartsheet's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Badger Meter's score of 1.04 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smartsheet received 110 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Smartsheet an outperform vote while only 52.70% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.
Smartsheet presently has a consensus target price of $49.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.37%. Badger Meter has a consensus target price of $164.80, suggesting a potential downside of 16.43%. Given Badger Meter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Smartsheet is more favorable than Badger Meter.
Summary
Smartsheet and Badger Meter tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BMI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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