KVHI vs. CMTL, AVNW, CMBM, VUZI, SATL, ONDS, AIRG, CRNT, COMM, and GILT
Should you be buying KVH Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KVH Industries include Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Vuzix (VUZI), Satellogic (SATL), Ondas (ONDS), Airgain (AIRG), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), CommScope (COMM), and Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) and KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
KVH Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of KVH Industries 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.
In the previous week, Comtech Telecommunications and Comtech Telecommunications both had 1 articles in the media. Comtech Telecommunications' 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 news 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 presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 500.49%. KVH Industries has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.25%. Given KVH Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Comtech Telecommunications is more favorable than KVH Industries.
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.
Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KVH Industries has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Comtech Telecommunications and KVH Industries tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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