Analyzing Life360 (NASDAQ:LIF) and Cadre (NYSE:CDRE)

Life360 (NASDAQ:LIF) and Cadre (NYSE:CDRE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Life360 and Cadre, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Life360	0	0	7	0	3.00
Cadre	1	0	1	0	2.00

Life360 presently has a consensus price target of $91.43, indicating a potential downside of 15.14%. Cadre has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.77%. Given Cadre’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cadre is more favorable than Life360.

Volatility and Risk

Life360 has a beta of 3.51, indicating that its stock price is 251% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadre has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Life360 and Cadre’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Life360	6.45%	7.65%	5.31%
Cadre	6.65%	12.08%	5.60%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Life360 and Cadre”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Life360	$371.48 million	22.49	-$4.55 million	$0.32	336.69
Cadre	$567.56 million	2.62	$36.13 million	$0.94	38.86

Cadre has higher revenue and earnings than Life360. Cadre is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life360, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

20.0% of Life360 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Cadre shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Life360 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Cadre shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cadre beats Life360 on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Life360

Life360 Inc. is a family connection and safety company. Its business category includes mobile app and Tile tracking devices with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 Inc. is based in SAN FRANCISCO.

About Cadre

Cadre Holdings, Inc. manufactures and distributes safety that provides protection to users in hazardous or life-threatening situations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Distribution. It offers body armor product, such as concealable, corrections, and tactical armor under the Safariland and Protech Tactical brand names; survival suits, remotely operated vehicles, specialty tools, blast sensors, accessories, and vehicle blast attenuation seats for bomb safety technicians; bomb suits; duty gear, including belts and accessories; and other protective equipment comprising communications gear, forensic and investigation products, firearms cleaning solutions, and crowd control products. The company also offers third-party products, such as uniforms, optics, boots, firearms, and ammunition. It serves first responders, such as state and local law enforcement, fire and rescue, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, emergency medical technicians, fishing, and wildlife enforcement and departments of corrections, as well as federal agencies including the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Corrections, the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Waste Isolation Plant, and various foreign government agencies. Cadre Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.