AVNW vs. KVHI, VUZI, AIRG, HLIT, PL, GILT, CRNT, COMM, SATL, and BBAI
Should you be buying Aviat Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aviat Networks include KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Airgain (AIRG), Harmonic (HLIT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), CommScope (COMM), Satellogic (SATL), and BigBear.ai (BBAI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) and KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than KVH Industries. KVH Industries 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 beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KVH Industries has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of 4.23% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -11.69%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 15.11% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.
Aviat Networks presently has a consensus target price of $54.75, suggesting a potential upside of 62.22%. KVH Industries has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.44%. Given Aviat Networks' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than KVH Industries.
In the previous week, Aviat Networks had 5 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aviat Networks and 0 mentions for KVH Industries. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Aviat Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of KVH Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KVH Industries received 8 more outperform votes than Aviat Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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