CAMP vs. CMTL, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, CRNT, QCOM, CSCO, PANW, MSI, and JNPR
Should you be buying CalAmp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CalAmp include Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), and Juniper Networks (JNPR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CalAmp (NASDAQ:CAMP) and Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) 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, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
CalAmp has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CalAmp received 272 more outperform votes than Comtech Telecommunications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave CalAmp an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Comtech Telecommunications an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CalAmp and CalAmp both had 2 articles in the media. CalAmp's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Comtech Telecommunications' score of 0.19 indicating that CalAmp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Comtech Telecommunications has a net margin of -4.02% compared to CalAmp's net margin of -38.28%. Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity of -0.25% beat CalAmp's return on equity.
CalAmp currently has a consensus target price of $63.25, indicating a potential upside of 2,268.91%. Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 391.97%. Given CalAmp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CalAmp is more favorable than Comtech Telecommunications.
Comtech Telecommunications has higher revenue and earnings than CalAmp. Comtech Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CalAmp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CalAmp and Comtech Telecommunications tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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