CLRO vs. SONM, WSTL, FKWL, MINM, DZSI, AKTS, UTSI, CLPS, STIX, and WHLM
Should you be buying ClearOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearOne include Sonim Technologies (SONM), Westell Technologies (WSTL), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Minim (MINM), DZS (DZSI), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), UTStarcom (UTSI), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Semantix (STIX), and Wilhelmina International (WHLM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sonim Technologies (NASDAQ:SONM) and ClearOne (NASDAQ:CLRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
3.3% of Sonim Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of ClearOne shares are held by institutional investors. 52.3% of Sonim Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ClearOne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sonim Technologies has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearOne has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sonim Technologies has a net margin of -0.10% compared to Sonim Technologies' net margin of -2.99%. ClearOne's return on equity of -0.41% beat Sonim Technologies' return on equity.
ClearOne received 210 more outperform votes than Sonim Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Sonim Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave ClearOne an outperform vote.
Sonim Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than ClearOne.
In the previous week, ClearOne had 2 more articles in the media than Sonim Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ClearOne and 2 mentions for Sonim Technologies. ClearOne's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Sonim Technologies' score of 1.11 indicating that Sonim Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sonim Technologies beats ClearOne on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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