VUZI vs. KVHI, AIRG, CMTL, ONDS, CMBM, SATL, COMM, CRNT, GILT, and FLUX
Should you be buying Vuzix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vuzix include KVH Industries (KVHI), Airgain (AIRG), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Ondas (ONDS), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Satellogic (SATL), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), and Flux Power (FLUX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) 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 media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Vuzix received 95 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, KVH Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Vuzix. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for KVH Industries and 10 mentions for Vuzix. Vuzix's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat KVH Industries' score of -0.16 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KVH Industries has a net margin of -14.54% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -502.48%. Vuzix's return on equity of -0.98% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of KVH Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Vuzix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
KVH Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. KVH Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vuzix, 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, Vuzix has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KVH Industries currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.72%. Vuzix has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 150.00%. Given KVH Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vuzix is more favorable than KVH Industries.
Summary
KVH Industries beats Vuzix on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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