SILC vs. LTRX, POET, MYNA, DHX, STG, KEQU, XNET, TOUR, YIBO, and ELVA
Should you be buying Silicom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicom include Lantronix (LTRX), POET Technologies (POET), Mynaric (MYNA), DHI Group (DHX), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), Xunlei (XNET), Tuniu (TOUR), Planet Image International (YIBO), and Electrovaya (ELVA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Lantronix had 7 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lantronix and 0 mentions for Silicom. Lantronix's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Silicom's score of 0.00 indicating that Lantronix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lantronix has a net margin of -4.48% compared to Silicom's net margin of -9.80%. Silicom's return on equity of -5.97% beat Lantronix's return on equity.
Lantronix received 4 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Lantronix an outperform vote.
Lantronix has higher revenue and earnings than Silicom. Lantronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Silicom presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Lantronix has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 111.97%. Given Lantronix's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
52.8% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Lantronix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Silicom has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantronix has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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