PL vs. AVNW, GILT, COMM, CRNT, HLIT, OUST, KE, RBBN, PERI, and SCWX
Should you be buying Planet Labs PBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Labs PBC include Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Harmonic (HLIT), Ouster (OUST), Kimball Electronics (KE), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Perion Network (PERI), and SecureWorks (SCWX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Aviat Networks received 240 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
Planet Labs PBC presently has a consensus price target of $4.68, indicating a potential upside of 148.16%. Aviat Networks has a consensus price target of $53.75, indicating a potential upside of 75.71%. Given Planet Labs PBC's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Aviat Networks.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 1 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 4 mentions for Aviat Networks. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Planet Labs PBC's score of 0.36 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Aviat Networks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aviat Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -63.67%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 14.54% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats Planet Labs PBC on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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