2018 Smart Home Stocks: Winners and (Mostly) Losers
While Napco and Alarm.com had banner years, stock prices for many public companies in the smart home, security and custom integration markets dropped 19% on average in 2018.
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While Napco and Alarm.com had banner years, stock prices for many public companies in the smart home, security and custom integration markets dropped 19% on average in 2018.
Honeywell spinoff Resideo joins Control4 and Alarm.com as the only pure-play, pro-centric security and smart home stocks. Here’s how it compares to 12 publicly traded competitors.
When Resideo begins trading on the NYSE Oct. 29, current Honeywell shareholders will receive a 6-to-1 stock dividend.
After debuting at a less than estimated $16, Arlo Technologies stock has soared 38% after its IPO with a focus on RMR generated from surveillance cameras.
ADT’s stock is said to currently be a relative bargain thanks to a low attrition rate and continuing growth initiatives in commercial security.
The WSJ is reporting that ADT could register for the IPO in the fall and go public at the end of 2018.
Overall, publicly traded security companies rebounded in 2016 to post an estimated gain in excess of 7 percentage points over the prior year when returns dipped into the red.
Control4’s Q2 revenue hit $44.6 million compared to $36.7 million for the same quarter last year. Revenue for first half of 2015 is up 12% to $76.7 million.
ADT reported that its total revenue increased 5.8%to $898 million in Q3 2015. However, net income was down 8.5% to $75 million compared with $82 million in the same quarter last year.
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