SSYS vs. RDCM, INVE, TACT, DBD, DDD, KOPN, AAPL, DELL, HPQ, and XRX
Should you be buying Stratasys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stratasys include RADCOM (RDCM), Identiv (INVE), TransAct Technologies (TACT), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), 3D Systems (DDD), Kopin (KOPN), Apple (AAPL), Dell Technologies (DELL), HP (HPQ), and Xerox (XRX).
RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) and Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
RADCOM presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.15%. Stratasys has a consensus target price of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 102.08%. Given RADCOM's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stratasys is more favorable than RADCOM.
In the previous week, Stratasys had 24 more articles in the media than RADCOM. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Stratasys and 3 mentions for RADCOM. Stratasys' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat RADCOM's score of 0.22 indicating that RADCOM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RADCOM has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stratasys. Stratasys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RADCOM has a net margin of 7.18% compared to RADCOM's net margin of -20.38%. Stratasys' return on equity of 5.36% beat RADCOM's return on equity.
48.3% of RADCOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.8% of Stratasys shares are owned by institutional investors. 69.0% of RADCOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Stratasys 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.
RADCOM has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stratasys has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stratasys received 425 more outperform votes than RADCOM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.33% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote while only 67.35% of users gave Stratasys an outperform vote.
Summary
RADCOM beats Stratasys on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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