IMMR vs. RDCM, ALOT, INVE, TACT, KTCC, EVLV, MITK, SSYS, QSI, and SIFY
Should you be buying Immersion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Immersion include RADCOM (RDCM), AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Key Tronic (KTCC), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Mitek Systems (MITK), Stratasys (SSYS), Quantum-Si (QSI), and Sify Technologies (SIFY).
Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) and RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
60.6% of Immersion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of RADCOM shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Immersion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of RADCOM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Immersion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RADCOM. Immersion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Immersion currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.99%. RADCOM has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.66%. Given RADCOM's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RADCOM is more favorable than Immersion.
In the previous week, Immersion had 2 more articles in the media than RADCOM. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Immersion and 1 mentions for RADCOM. RADCOM's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Immersion's score of 0.34 indicating that RADCOM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Immersion has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RADCOM has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Immersion has a net margin of 100.17% compared to RADCOM's net margin of 7.20%. Immersion's return on equity of 19.75% beat RADCOM's return on equity.
Immersion received 93 more outperform votes than RADCOM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.75% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 69.07% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote.
Summary
Immersion beats RADCOM on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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