ITI vs. REKR, HEAR, MX, ULBI, TCX, EGAN, ASUR, COMM, APPS, and OOMA
Should you be buying Iteris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iteris include Rekor Systems (REKR), Turtle Beach (HEAR), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Ultralife (ULBI), Tucows (TCX), eGain (EGAN), Asure Software (ASUR), CommScope (COMM), Digital Turbine (APPS), and Ooma (OOMA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Iteris (NASDAQ:ITI) and Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Iteris had 5 more articles in the media than Rekor Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Iteris and 4 mentions for Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Iteris' score of 0.67 indicating that Rekor Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Iteris received 220 more outperform votes than Rekor Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Iteris an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Rekor Systems an outperform vote.
Iteris has higher revenue and earnings than Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iteris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iteris has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rekor Systems has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Iteris has a net margin of 1.45% compared to Rekor Systems' net margin of -130.78%. Iteris' return on equity of 3.76% beat Rekor Systems' return on equity.
Iteris presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential upside of 114.76%. Rekor Systems has a consensus price target of $3.88, suggesting a potential upside of 104.13%. Given Iteris' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Iteris is more favorable than Rekor Systems.
51.2% of Iteris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Iteris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Rekor Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Iteris beats Rekor Systems on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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