LTRX vs. SILC, ALLT, BOSC, HUBC, INTZ, WLDS, DGII, ATEN, CSCO, and IBM
Should you be buying Lantronix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lantronix include Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (BOSC), HUB Cyber Security (HUBC), Intrusion (INTZ), Wearable Devices (WLDS), Digi International (DGII), A10 Networks (ATEN), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and International Business Machines (IBM). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.
Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) and Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) 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 analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Lantronix has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicom has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lantronix presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 125.46%. Silicom has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.07%. Given Lantronix's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Lantronix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Silicom had 1 more articles in the media than Lantronix. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Silicom and 1 mentions for Lantronix. Silicom's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Lantronix's score of 0.00 indicating that Silicom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lantronix has a net margin of -4.48% compared to Silicom's net margin of -9.80%. Silicom's return on equity of -5.97% beat Lantronix's return on equity.
Lantronix received 5 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.17% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Lantronix an outperform vote.
Lantronix has higher revenue and earnings than Silicom. Lantronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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