Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and Culture Medium (OTCMKTS:UPIN) Critical Survey

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and Culture Medium (OTCMKTS:UPIN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Vertiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Vertiv and Culture Medium, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vertiv	1	3	22	3	2.93
Culture Medium	0	0	0	0	0.00

Vertiv presently has a consensus target price of $326.39, suggesting a potential upside of 7.91%. Given Vertiv’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vertiv is more favorable than Culture Medium.

Volatility & Risk

Vertiv has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Culture Medium has a beta of -2.35, indicating that its stock price is 335% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	11.36	$1.33 billion	$3.98	76.00
Culture Medium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than Culture Medium.

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.