CRNT vs. COMM, GILT, SATL, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, AVNW, AIRG, CMTL, and PL
Should you be buying Ceragon Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceragon Networks include CommScope (COMM), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Airgain (AIRG), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT) and CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.
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.
Ceragon Networks has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ceragon Networks presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 90.22%. CommScope has a consensus target price of $4.02, suggesting a potential upside of 329.53%. Given CommScope's higher probable upside, 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.
13.3% of Ceragon Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of CommScope shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Ceragon Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of CommScope shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ceragon Networks has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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, Ceragon Networks and Ceragon Networks 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 media.
Summary
Ceragon Networks beats CommScope on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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