PWFL vs. NSSC, HEAR, ITI, REKR, INSG, SNT, KSCP, UTSI, ALPP, and VISL
Should you be buying PowerFleet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerFleet include Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Turtle Beach (HEAR), Iteris (ITI), Rekor Systems (REKR), Inseego (INSG), Senstar Technologies (SNT), Knightscope (KSCP), UTStarcom (UTSI), Alpine 4 (ALPP), and Vislink Technologies (VISL). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PowerFleet (NASDAQ:PWFL) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
PowerFleet has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Napco Security Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than PowerFleet. PowerFleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Napco Security Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.4% of PowerFleet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of PowerFleet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Napco Security Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Napco Security Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than PowerFleet. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Napco Security Technologies and 0 mentions for PowerFleet. Napco Security Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat PowerFleet's score of 0.33 indicating that Napco Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Napco Security Technologies received 224 more outperform votes than PowerFleet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote while only 40.52% of users gave PowerFleet an outperform vote.
PowerFleet currently has a consensus target price of $8.43, indicating a potential upside of 83.63%. Napco Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $49.43, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. Given PowerFleet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PowerFleet is more favorable than Napco Security Technologies.
Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 25.58% compared to PowerFleet's net margin of -3.86%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 30.50% beat PowerFleet's return on equity.
Summary
Napco Security Technologies beats PowerFleet on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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