LTRX vs. SILC, ZFOX, INTT, RDCM, UEIC, GWH, VOXX, AXTI, POET, and RELL
Should you be buying Lantronix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lantronix include Silicom (SILC), ZeroFox (ZFOX), inTEST (INTT), RADCOM (RDCM), Universal Electronics (UEIC), ESS Tech (GWH), VOXX International (VOXX), AXT (AXTI), POET Technologies (POET), and Richardson Electronics (RELL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Silicom has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lantronix. Lantronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lantronix has a net margin of -4.48% compared to Lantronix's net margin of -9.80%. Lantronix's return on equity of -5.69% beat Silicom's return on equity.
Silicom has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantronix has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lantronix received 3 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Lantronix an outperform vote.
52.9% of Silicom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Lantronix shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Lantronix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silicom presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.47%. Lantronix has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 133.52%. Given Silicom's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
In the previous week, Lantronix had 24 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Lantronix and 9 mentions for Silicom. Silicom's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Lantronix's score of -0.17 indicating that Lantronix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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