SONM vs. CLRO, WSTL, FKWL, MINM, DZSI, AKTS, CLPS, UTSI, STIX, and SMSI
Should you be buying Sonim Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonim Technologies include ClearOne (CLRO), Westell Technologies (WSTL), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Minim (MINM), DZS (DZSI), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), UTStarcom (UTSI), Semantix (STIX), and Smith Micro Software (SMSI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sonim Technologies (NASDAQ:SONM) and ClearOne (NASDAQ:CLRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Sonim Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than ClearOne. ClearOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sonim Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ClearOne received 210 more outperform votes than Sonim Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Sonim Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave ClearOne an outperform vote.
3.3% of Sonim Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of ClearOne shares are held by institutional investors. 52.3% of Sonim Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ClearOne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ClearOne has a net margin of -2.99% compared to Sonim Technologies' net margin of -3.81%. ClearOne's return on equity of -10.61% beat Sonim Technologies' return on equity.
Sonim Technologies has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearOne has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sonim Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than ClearOne. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sonim Technologies and 2 mentions for ClearOne. ClearOne's average media sentiment score of -0.17 beat Sonim Technologies' score of -0.77 indicating that ClearOne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sonim Technologies beats ClearOne on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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