Vertiv (VRT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VRT or ARM?

Vertiv received 34 more outperform votes than ARM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.86% of users gave ARM an outperform vote while only 62.33% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vertiv	Outperform Votes 91 62.33%	Underperform Votes 55 37.67%
ARM	Outperform Votes 57 67.86%	Underperform Votes 27 32.14%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VRT or ARM?

89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of ARM shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Vertiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VRT or ARM?

In the previous week, ARM had 4 more articles in the media than Vertiv. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for ARM and 35 mentions for Vertiv. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat ARM's score of 0.26 indicating that Vertiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vertiv	23 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ARM	9 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, VRT or ARM?

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
Vertiv	$6.86B	7.43	$460.20M	$1.50	90.63
ARM	$3.23B	48.38	$306M	$0.60	248.77

Do analysts rate VRT or ARM?

Vertiv currently has a consensus target price of $141.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.27%. ARM has a consensus target price of $151.09, suggesting a potential upside of 1.23%. Given Vertiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vertiv is more favorable than ARM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertiv	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
ARM	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is VRT or ARM 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
Vertiv	7.72%	55.33%	11.48%
ARM	18.13%	13.69%	9.70%

Which has more volatility & risk, VRT or ARM?

Vertiv has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARM has a beta of 4.53, meaning that its share price is 353% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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