Viad (VVI) Competitors

UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) and Viad (NYSE:VVI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UNF or VVI?

Viad received 72 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Viad an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UniFirst	Outperform Votes 233 52.71%	Underperform Votes 209 47.29%
Viad	Outperform Votes 305 69.32%	Underperform Votes 135 30.68%

Do analysts prefer UNF or VVI?

UniFirst currently has a consensus price target of $186.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.98%. Viad has a consensus price target of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.58%. Given Viad's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Viad is more favorable than UniFirst.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UniFirst	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Viad	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to UNF or VVI?

In the previous week, Viad had 6 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Viad and 3 mentions for UniFirst. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Viad's score of 0.95 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UniFirst	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Viad	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UNF or VVI more profitable?

UniFirst has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Viad's net margin of 2.68%. Viad's return on equity of 47.55% beat UniFirst's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UniFirst	5.99%	7.47%	5.85%
Viad	2.68%	47.55%	5.49%

Is UNF or VVI a better dividend stock?

UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Viad pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. UniFirst pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Viad pays out 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, UNF or VVI?

UniFirst has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viad has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UNF or VVI?

78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Viad shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UniFirst shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Viad shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, UNF or VVI?

UniFirst has higher revenue and earnings than Viad. UniFirst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viad, 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
UniFirst	$2.43B	1.50	$145.47M	$7.77	25.23
Viad	$1.40B	0.68	$16.02M	$0.50	89.24

Summary

Viad beats UniFirst on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.