RDCM vs. ALOT, INVE, TACT, KTCC, IMMR, INTT, GWH, VOXX, AXTI, and POET
Should you be buying RADCOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RADCOM include AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Key Tronic (KTCC), Immersion (IMMR), inTEST (INTT), ESS Tech (GWH), VOXX International (VOXX), AXT (AXTI), and POET Technologies (POET).
RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) and AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
RADCOM received 105 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 69.13% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote.
RADCOM currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.29%. Given RADCOM's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RADCOM is more favorable than AstroNova.
RADCOM has a net margin of 7.20% compared to AstroNova's net margin of 3.17%. AstroNova's return on equity of 8.28% beat RADCOM's return on equity.
RADCOM has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AstroNova has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RADCOM had 4 more articles in the media than AstroNova. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for RADCOM and 3 mentions for AstroNova. RADCOM's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat AstroNova's score of -0.14 indicating that RADCOM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.3% of RADCOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of RADCOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of AstroNova shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than RADCOM. AstroNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RADCOM beats AstroNova on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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