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UUU vs. TAIT, RBCN, TEL, ARW, AVT, ITRN, RELL, VOXX, MOB, and HUBC

Should you be buying Universal Security Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Security Instruments include Taitron Components (TAIT), Rubicon Technology (RBCN), TE Connectivity (TEL), Arrow Electronics (ARW), Avnet (AVT), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Richardson Electronics (RELL), VOXX International (VOXX), Mobilicom (MOB), and HUB Cyber Security (HUBC).

Universal Security Instruments vs.

Universal Security Instruments (NYSE:UUU) and Taitron Components (NASDAQ:TAIT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Universal Security Instruments has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taitron Components has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Taitron Components has a net margin of 30.95% compared to Universal Security Instruments' net margin of -1.13%. Taitron Components' return on equity of 7.87% beat Universal Security Instruments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Universal Security Instruments-1.13% -4.79% -2.46%
Taitron Components 30.95%7.87%7.34%

In the previous week, Universal Security Instruments had 1 more articles in the media than Taitron Components. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Universal Security Instruments and 0 mentions for Taitron Components. Universal Security Instruments' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Taitron Components' score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Security Instruments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Universal Security Instruments Positive
Taitron Components Neutral

Taitron Components has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Universal Security Instruments. Universal Security Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taitron Components, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Universal Security Instruments$19.90MN/A-$400K-$0.11-21.14
Taitron Components$4.34M3.58$1.85M$0.2311.22

Taitron Components received 106 more outperform votes than Universal Security Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.22% of users gave Taitron Components an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Universal Security Instruments an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Universal Security InstrumentsOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
14
100.00%
Taitron ComponentsOutperform Votes
106
35.22%
Underperform Votes
195
64.78%

18.1% of Taitron Components shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Universal Security Instruments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of Taitron Components shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Taitron Components beats Universal Security Instruments on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UUU vs. The Competition

MetricUniversal Security InstrumentsElectronic parts & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$4.72B$9.44B$20.04B
Dividend YieldN/A3.68%2.09%3.61%
P/E Ratio-21.1451.4921.8541.77
Price / SalesN/A1.315.3117.47
Price / CashN/A20.1715.3517.54
Price / BookN/A2.454.805.86
Net Income-$400,000.00$419.99M$402.95M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.64%2.30%4.28%3.59%
1 Month Performance5.20%3.03%6.45%6.09%
1 Year PerformanceN/A22.20%42.40%20.27%

Universal Security Instruments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UUU
Universal Security Instruments
N/A$2.33
+0.6%
N/AN/A$0.00$19.90M-21.1411
TAIT
Taitron Components
2.3659 of 5 stars
$2.52
-0.8%
N/A-18.8%$15.17M$4.34M10.9610Analyst Forecast
RBCN
Rubicon Technology
N/A$1.68
+2.0%
N/A+157.6%$4.00M$3.88M8.8610Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.094 of 5 stars
$141.36
+0.3%
$160.70
+13.7%
+10.4%$42.29B$15.85B13.7687,000Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
ARW
Arrow Electronics
2.6978 of 5 stars
$111.72
-0.2%
$121.75
+9.0%
-0.2%$5.88B$28.49B12.4722,300Short Interest ↑
AVT
Avnet
4.1026 of 5 stars
$51.45
+0.0%
$48.50
-5.7%
+12.6%$4.47B$23.03B13.4715,462Positive News
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.6904 of 5 stars
$31.77
+1.0%
N/A+30.9%$632.03M$331.18M12.172,810
RELL
Richardson Electronics
2.1542 of 5 stars
$12.43
-4.5%
$13.00
+4.6%
+36.1%$178.76M$202.97M-248.60450
VOXX
VOXX International
1.6228 of 5 stars
$7.32
-0.1%
N/A-16.8%$164.74M$427.49M-6.591,080Analyst Forecast
MOB
Mobilicom
0.1552 of 5 stars
$3.15
-23.4%
N/A+122.7%$20.01M$3.51M0.0024
HUBC
HUB Cyber Security
N/A$0.53
-8.0%
N/A-52.6%$18.66M$33.36M0.00720

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This page (NYSE:UUU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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