CRNT vs. COMM, GILT, SATL, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, AVNW, AIRG, CMTL, and PL
Should you be buying Ceragon Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceragon Networks include CommScope (COMM), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Airgain (AIRG), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
CommScope received 149 more outperform votes than Ceragon Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ceragon Networks an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CommScope had 1 more articles in the media than Ceragon Networks. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for CommScope and 3 mentions for Ceragon Networks. CommScope's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ceragon Networks' score of 0.06 indicating that Ceragon Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CommScope currently has a consensus target price of $4.02, suggesting a potential upside of 311.00%. Ceragon Networks has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 86.17%. Given Ceragon Networks' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CommScope is more favorable than Ceragon Networks.
88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of CommScope shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CommScope has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceragon Networks has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ceragon Networks has a net margin of 1.79% compared to Ceragon Networks' net margin of -21.64%. CommScope's return on equity of 9.95% beat Ceragon Networks' return on equity.
Ceragon Networks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceragon Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ceragon Networks beats CommScope on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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