SILC vs. LTRX, ALLT, BOSC, HUBC, INTZ, WLDS, DGII, ATEN, EXTR, and CSCO
Should you be buying Silicom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicom include Lantronix (LTRX), 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), Extreme Networks (EXTR), and Cisco Systems (CSCO). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Silicom has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantronix has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 media.
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.
Silicom currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.07%. Lantronix has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 125.46%. Given Lantronix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
52.9% of Silicom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Lantronix shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Lantronix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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