AKTS vs. JCS, DZSI, FKWL, SONM, PEGY, CLRO, MINM, AUDC, ADTN, and FN
Should you be buying Akoustis Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akoustis Technologies include Communications Systems (JCS), DZS (DZSI), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Pineapple Energy (PEGY), ClearOne (CLRO), Minim (MINM), AudioCodes (AUDC), ADTRAN (ADTN), and Fabrinet (FN).
Akoustis Technologies (NASDAQ:AKTS) and Communications Systems (NASDAQ:JCS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Akoustis Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Communications Systems. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Akoustis Technologies and 0 mentions for Communications Systems. Akoustis Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Communications Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Akoustis Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Communications Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Akoustis Technologies. Akoustis Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Communications Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Communications Systems has a net margin of 12.99% compared to Akoustis Technologies' net margin of -257.56%. Communications Systems' return on equity of -26.12% beat Akoustis Technologies' return on equity.
Akoustis Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $1.92, indicating a potential upside of 1,034.12%.
Akoustis Technologies has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Communications Systems has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Akoustis Technologies received 13 more outperform votes than Communications Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.06% of users gave Akoustis Technologies an outperform vote while only 45.12% of users gave Communications Systems an outperform vote.
28.8% of Akoustis Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Communications Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Akoustis Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Communications Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Communications Systems beats Akoustis Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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