KVHI vs. VUZI, PCTI, AIRG, CRNT, GILT, AVNW, CMTL, AWRE, CAMP, and QCOM
Should you be buying KVH Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KVH Industries include Vuzix (VUZI), PCTEL (PCTI), Airgain (AIRG), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Aware (AWRE), CalAmp (CAMP), and QUALCOMM (QCOM). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Vuzix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KVH Industries currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.72%. Vuzix has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 118.98%. Given Vuzix's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vuzix is more favorable than KVH Industries.
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 1 more articles in the media than Vuzix. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for KVH Industries and 2 mentions for Vuzix. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Vuzix's score of 0.00 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KVH Industries has a net margin of -14.54% compared to Vuzix's net margin of -502.48%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -0.98% beat Vuzix's return on equity.
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.
Summary
KVH Industries beats Vuzix on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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