CMTL vs. KVHI, AIRG, ONDS, VUZI, CMBM, SATL, VIOT, IRIX, RNLX, and CUTR
Should you be buying Comtech Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comtech Telecommunications include KVH Industries (KVHI), Airgain (AIRG), Ondas (ONDS), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Satellogic (SATL), Viomi Technology (VIOT), IRIDEX (IRIX), Renalytix (RNLX), and Cutera (CUTR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of KVH Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, KVH Industries and KVH Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Comtech Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.09 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Comtech Telecommunications received 18 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Comtech Telecommunications an outperform vote.
Comtech Telecommunications has a net margin of -4.02% compared to Comtech Telecommunications' net margin of -14.54%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -0.25% beat Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity.
KVH Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Comtech Telecommunications. KVH Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comtech Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KVH Industries currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.25%. Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 500.49%. Given KVH Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Comtech Telecommunications is more favorable than KVH Industries.
Summary
KVH Industries and Comtech Telecommunications tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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