GILT vs. PL, AVNW, COMM, CRNT, BKSY, SATL, KVHI, VUZI, CMBM, and CMTL
Should you be buying Gilat Satellite Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gilat Satellite Networks include Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Satellogic (SATL), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ:GILT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gilat Satellite Networks has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gilat Satellite Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gilat Satellite Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 9 more articles in the media than Gilat Satellite Networks. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 2 mentions for Gilat Satellite Networks. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Gilat Satellite Networks' score of -0.27 indicating that Gilat Satellite Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Labs PBC presently has a consensus price target of $4.39, indicating a potential upside of 117.20%. Gilat Satellite Networks has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.08%. Given Gilat Satellite Networks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Gilat Satellite Networks.
Gilat Satellite Networks received 181 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.31% of users gave Gilat Satellite Networks an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Gilat Satellite Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Gilat Satellite Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gilat Satellite Networks has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Gilat Satellite Networks' net margin of -59.26%. Planet Labs PBC's return on equity of 8.02% beat Gilat Satellite Networks' return on equity.
Summary
Gilat Satellite Networks beats Planet Labs PBC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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