Vertiv (NYSE:VRT – Get Free Report) and Culture Medium (OTCMKTS:UPIN – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and earnings.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Vertiv and Culture Medium”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vertiv | $10.23 billion | 11.28 | $1.33 billion | $3.98 | 75.49 |
| Culture Medium | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Vertiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Vertiv and Culture Medium, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vertiv | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2.89 |
| Culture Medium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Vertiv currently has a consensus price target of $322.32, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Vertiv’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Culture Medium.
Risk & Volatility
Vertiv has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Culture Medium has a beta of -2.35, indicating that its share price is 335% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Vertiv and Culture Medium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vertiv | 14.37% | 49.90% | 15.79% |
| Culture Medium | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Vertiv beats Culture Medium on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vertiv
Vertiv Holdings Co, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers AC and DC power management products, switchgear and busbar products, thermal management products, integrated rack systems, modular solutions, and management systems for monitoring and controlling digital infrastructure that are integral to the technologies used for various services, including e-commerce, online banking, file sharing, video on-demand, energy storage, wireless communications, Internet of Things, and online gaming. The company also provides lifecycle management services, predictive analytics, and professional services for deploying, maintaining, and optimizing its products and their related systems; and preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, engineering and consulting, performance assessments, remote monitoring, training, spare parts, and digital critical infrastructure software services. It offers its products primarily under the Vertiv, Liebert, NetSure, Geist, E&I, Powerbar, and Avocent brands. The company serves cloud services, financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, energy, education, government, social media, and retail industries through a network of direct sales professionals, independent sales representatives, channel partners, and original equipment manufacturers. Vertiv Holdings Co is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.
About Culture Medium
Universal Power Industry Corporation designs, imports, and wholesales apparel under the Indigo People brand. It also identifies and acquires residential land for the development, as well as light income-producing commercial properties; and distributes fire suppression products. The company was formerly known as Code Navy and changed its name to Universal Power Industry Corporation in April 2016. Universal Power Industry Corporation was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Great Neck, New York.
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