KEQU vs. SILC, ELVA, LTRPA, SANG, TSAT, XNET, CXDO, STG, IVAC, and CMBM
Should you be buying Kewaunee Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kewaunee Scientific include Silicom (SILC), Electrovaya (ELVA), Liberty TripAdvisor (LTRPA), Sangoma Technologies (SANG), Telesat (TSAT), Xunlei (XNET), Crexendo (CXDO), Sunlands Technology Group (STG), Intevac (IVAC), and Cambium Networks (CMBM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Kewaunee Scientific (NASDAQ:KEQU) 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 institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
Silicom received 111 more outperform votes than Kewaunee Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.29% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Kewaunee Scientific an outperform vote.
Silicom has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kewaunee Scientific has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kewaunee Scientific had 1 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kewaunee Scientific and 1 mentions for Silicom. Kewaunee Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Silicom's score of -0.30 indicating that Silicom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Silicom presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.64%. Given Kewaunee Scientific's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Silicom is more favorable than Kewaunee Scientific.
Kewaunee Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Silicom. Silicom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kewaunee Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.9% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Kewaunee Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kewaunee Scientific has a net margin of 4.34% compared to Kewaunee Scientific's net margin of -2.38%. Silicom's return on equity of 20.82% beat Kewaunee Scientific's return on equity.
Summary
Silicom beats Kewaunee Scientific on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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