KN vs. ARLO, SOUN, ZUO, PAR, SPT, UDMY, PRO, CTS, DBD, and VTEX
Should you be buying Knowles stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knowles include Arlo Technologies (ARLO), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Zuora (ZUO), PAR Technology (PAR), Sprout Social (SPT), Udemy (UDMY), PROS (PRO), CTS (CTS), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), and VTEX (VTEX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Knowles (NYSE:KN) and Arlo Technologies (NYSE:ARLO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Knowles has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Arlo Technologies' net margin of -3.46%. Knowles' return on equity of 5.98% beat Arlo Technologies' return on equity.
Knowles currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.89%. Arlo Technologies has a consensus price target of $16.13, indicating a potential upside of 35.39%. Given Arlo Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arlo Technologies is more favorable than Knowles.
Knowles has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arlo Technologies has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Knowles had 4 more articles in the media than Arlo Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Knowles and 2 mentions for Arlo Technologies. Arlo Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Knowles' score of 0.16 indicating that Arlo Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.4% of Knowles shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Arlo Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Knowles shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Arlo Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Knowles received 190 more outperform votes than Arlo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Arlo Technologies an outperform vote.
Knowles has higher revenue and earnings than Arlo Technologies. Arlo Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knowles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Knowles beats Arlo Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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