COMM vs. PL, AVNW, GILT, CRNT, BKSY, KVHI, SATL, VUZI, CMBM, and CMTL
Should you be buying CommScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CommScope include Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), KVH Industries (KVHI), Satellogic (SATL), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Planet Labs PBC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CommScope. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommScope, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CommScope presently has a consensus target price of $4.02, indicating a potential upside of 145.14%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $4.57, indicating a potential upside of 127.20%. Given CommScope's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CommScope is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.
CommScope has a net margin of -30.88% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -63.67%. CommScope's return on equity of -1.75% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
CommScope received 546 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
88.0% of CommScope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of CommScope shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 8 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 1 mentions for CommScope. CommScope's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Planet Labs PBC's score of 0.09 indicating that CommScope is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CommScope has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CommScope beats Planet Labs PBC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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