SILC vs. LTRX, KEQU, ELVA, LTRPA, SANG, TSAT, XNET, CXDO, STG, and IVAC
Should you be buying Silicom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicom include Lantronix (LTRX), Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), Electrovaya (ELVA), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), Sangoma Technologies (SANG), Telesat (TSAT), Xunlei (XNET), Crexendo (CXDO), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), and Intevac (IVAC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) and Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
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.
39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Lantronix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Silicom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lantronix. Silicom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lantronix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lantronix presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 134.81%. Silicom has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.70%. Given Silicom's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
In the previous week, Lantronix had 25 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Lantronix and 8 mentions for Silicom. Silicom's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Lantronix's score of -0.41 indicating that Lantronix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lantronix has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicom has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Silicom has a net margin of -2.38% compared to Silicom's net margin of -4.48%. Lantronix's return on equity of -1.62% beat Silicom's return on equity.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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