WBX vs. BLNK, TRUE, VLN, COMM, QSI, SLAM, MG, APPS, DOMO, and AEYE
Should you be buying Wallbox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wallbox include Blink Charging (BLNK), TrueCar (TRUE), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), CommScope (COMM), Quantum-Si (QSI), Slam (SLAM), Mistras Group (MG), Digital Turbine (APPS), Domo (DOMO), and AudioEye (AEYE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Wallbox (NYSE:WBX) and Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
36.9% of Wallbox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of Blink Charging shares are held by institutional investors. 33.3% of Wallbox shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Blink Charging shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wallbox has higher revenue and earnings than Blink Charging.
Wallbox currently has a consensus price target of $3.45, suggesting a potential upside of 131.54%. Blink Charging has a consensus price target of $7.86, suggesting a potential upside of 138.82%. Given Blink Charging's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Blink Charging is more favorable than Wallbox.
In the previous week, Blink Charging had 10 more articles in the media than Wallbox. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Blink Charging and 2 mentions for Wallbox. Wallbox's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Blink Charging's score of 0.27 indicating that Wallbox is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wallbox has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blink Charging has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wallbox has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Blink Charging's net margin of -122.09%. Wallbox's return on equity of 0.00% beat Blink Charging's return on equity.
Blink Charging received 127 more outperform votes than Wallbox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Blink Charging an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Wallbox an outperform vote.
Summary
Blink Charging beats Wallbox on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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