GILT vs. COMM, AVNW, CRNT, SATL, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, AIRG, CMTL, and PL
Should you be buying Gilat Satellite Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gilat Satellite Networks include CommScope (COMM), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Satellogic (SATL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Airgain (AIRG), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ:GILT) 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 profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CommScope had 5 more articles in the media than Gilat Satellite Networks. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CommScope and 1 mentions for Gilat Satellite Networks. CommScope's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Gilat Satellite Networks' score of 0.39 indicating that Gilat Satellite Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gilat Satellite Networks has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Gilat Satellite Networks' net margin of -30.88%. CommScope's return on equity of 8.02% beat Gilat Satellite Networks' return on equity.
88.0% of CommScope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Gilat Satellite Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of CommScope shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Gilat Satellite Networks shares are held 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.
CommScope received 368 more outperform votes than Gilat Satellite Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave Gilat Satellite Networks an outperform vote.
CommScope has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gilat Satellite Networks has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CommScope currently has a consensus target price of $4.02, indicating a potential upside of 204.55%. Gilat Satellite Networks has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 58.29%. Given Gilat Satellite Networks' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CommScope is more favorable than Gilat Satellite Networks.
Gilat Satellite Networks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gilat Satellite Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gilat Satellite Networks beats CommScope on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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