COMM vs. CRNT, GILT, SATL, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, AIRG, ONDS, CMTL, and AVNW
Should you be buying CommScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CommScope include Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Airgain (AIRG), Ondas (ONDS), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT) 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 dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Ceragon Networks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceragon Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CommScope and CommScope both had 4 articles in the media. Ceragon Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat CommScope's score of -0.11 indicating that Ceragon Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ceragon Networks has a net margin of 1.79% compared to CommScope's net margin of -21.64%. Ceragon Networks' return on equity of 9.95% beat CommScope's return on equity.
CommScope presently has a consensus target price of $4.02, suggesting a potential upside of 329.53%. Ceragon Networks has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 90.22%. Given CommScope's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CommScope is more favorable than Ceragon Networks.
CommScope received 149 more outperform votes than Ceragon Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ceragon Networks an outperform vote.
88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of CommScope shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CommScope has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceragon Networks has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ceragon Networks beats CommScope on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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