IRDM vs. LITE, USM, AUR, QTWO, LPL, SANM, BOX, FIVN, ATHM, and ACIW
Should you be buying Iridium Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iridium Communications include Lumentum (LITE), United States Cellular (USM), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Q2 (QTWO), LG Display (LPL), Sanmina (SANM), BOX (BOX), Five9 (FIVN), Autohome (ATHM), and ACI Worldwide (ACIW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Lumentum had 1 more articles in the media than Iridium Communications. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lumentum and 6 mentions for Iridium Communications. Iridium Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Lumentum's score of 1.47 indicating that Iridium Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lumentum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Iridium Communications presently has a consensus target price of $44.75, suggesting a potential upside of 50.67%. Lumentum has a consensus target price of $52.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.61%. Given Iridium Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Iridium Communications is more favorable than Lumentum.
Iridium Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iridium Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lumentum received 408 more outperform votes than Iridium Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Iridium Communications an outperform vote.
Iridium Communications has a net margin of 3.20% compared to Lumentum's net margin of -24.91%. Iridium Communications' return on equity of 2.76% beat Lumentum's return on equity.
Summary
Iridium Communications beats Lumentum on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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