AVNW vs. KVHI, VUZI, AIRG, HLIT, GILT, COMM, CRNT, PL, SATL, and CMBM
Should you be buying Aviat Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aviat Networks include KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Airgain (AIRG), Harmonic (HLIT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Satellogic (SATL), and Cambium Networks (CMBM). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) 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 earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
KVH Industries received 6 more outperform votes than Aviat Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.95% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.
KVH Industries currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.25%. Aviat Networks has a consensus price target of $53.75, suggesting a potential upside of 72.33%. Given KVH Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than KVH Industries.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Aviat Networks' net margin of -14.54%. KVH Industries' return on equity of 14.54% beat Aviat Networks' return on equity.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of KVH Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than KVH Industries. KVH Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aviat Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aviat Networks had 1 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aviat Networks and 1 mentions for KVH Industries. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.08 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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