RDCM vs. ALOT, INVE, KTCC, TACT, CRGE, LEE, STCN, MCHX, OB, and RDI
Should you be buying RADCOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RADCOM include AstroNova (ALOT), Identiv (INVE), Key Tronic (KTCC), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Lee Enterprises (LEE), Steel Connect (STCN), Marchex (MCHX), Outbrain (OB), and Reading International (RDI).
AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) and RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
RADCOM has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.86%. Given AstroNova's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RADCOM is more favorable than AstroNova.
RADCOM has a net margin of 7.18% compared to RADCOM's net margin of 3.17%. RADCOM's return on equity of 8.28% beat AstroNova's return on equity.
In the previous week, RADCOM had 2 more articles in the media than AstroNova. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RADCOM and 3 mentions for AstroNova. AstroNova's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat RADCOM's score of 0.59 indicating that RADCOM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RADCOM received 108 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote while only 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote.
43.0% of AstroNova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of RADCOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of AstroNova shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of RADCOM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than RADCOM. AstroNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AstroNova has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RADCOM has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RADCOM beats AstroNova on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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