Vertiv (VRT) Competitors

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) and Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Does the media favor ARM or VRT?

In the previous week, Vertiv had 1 more articles in the media than ARM. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Vertiv and 45 mentions for ARM. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ARM's score of 0.55 indicating that Vertiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARM	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vertiv	33 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARM or VRT?

Vertiv received 29 more outperform votes than ARM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave ARM an outperform vote while only 60.74% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARM	Outperform Votes 53 66.25%	Underperform Votes 27 33.75%
Vertiv	Outperform Votes 82 60.74%	Underperform Votes 53 39.26%

Do analysts rate ARM or VRT?

ARM presently has a consensus price target of $147.95, indicating a potential upside of 14.93%. Vertiv has a consensus price target of $125.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. Given ARM's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ARM is more favorable than Vertiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARM	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Vertiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARM or VRT?

7.5% of ARM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Vertiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARM or VRT?

ARM has a beta of 5.4, suggesting that its share price is 440% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertiv has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARM or VRT more profitable?

ARM has a net margin of 18.13% compared to Vertiv's net margin of 7.72%. Vertiv's return on equity of 55.33% beat ARM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARM	18.13%	13.69%	9.70%
Vertiv	7.72%	55.33%	11.48%

Which has better earnings & valuation, ARM or VRT?

Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than ARM. Vertiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARM, 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
ARM	$3.54B	38.16	$306M	$0.60	214.55
Vertiv	$6.86B	6.61	$460.20M	$1.50	80.58

Summary

Vertiv beats ARM on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.