V2X (VVX) Competitors

V2X (NYSE:VVX) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts rate VVX or LYFT?

V2X presently has a consensus price target of $66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.82%. Lyft has a consensus price target of $17.22, suggesting a potential upside of 32.00%. Given V2X's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe V2X is more favorable than Lyft.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
V2X	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Lyft	0 Sell rating(s)	26 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Does the media refer more to VVX or LYFT?

In the previous week, Lyft had 27 more articles in the media than V2X. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Lyft and 5 mentions for V2X. V2X's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lyft's score of 0.60 indicating that V2X is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
V2X	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lyft	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, VVX or LYFT?

Lyft has higher revenue and earnings than V2X. V2X is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, 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
V2X	$3.96B	0.34	-$22.57M	$0.28	150.49
Lyft	$5.79B	0.94	$22.78M	$0.06	217.42

Is VVX or LYFT more profitable?

Lyft has a net margin of 0.39% compared to V2X's net margin of 0.22%. V2X's return on equity of 13.49% beat Lyft's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
V2X	0.22%	13.49%	4.29%
Lyft	0.39%	8.03%	0.98%

Which has more risk and volatility, VVX or LYFT?

V2X has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lyft has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VVX or LYFT?

Lyft received 291 more outperform votes than V2X when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave V2X an outperform vote while only 51.30% of users gave Lyft an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
V2X	Outperform Votes 25 83.33%	Underperform Votes 5 16.67%
Lyft	Outperform Votes 316 51.30%	Underperform Votes 300 48.70%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VVX or LYFT?

95.2% of V2X shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of V2X shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by company 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

Lyft beats V2X on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.