REKR vs. ITI, INSG, UTSI, HEAR, GWH, HBIO, BZUN, RELL, UEIC, and RDCM
Should you be buying Rekor Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rekor Systems include Iteris (ITI), Inseego (INSG), UTStarcom (UTSI), Turtle Beach (HEAR), ESS Tech (GWH), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), Baozun (BZUN), Richardson Electronics (RELL), Universal Electronics (UEIC), and RADCOM (RDCM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Iteris (NASDAQ:ITI) and Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Rekor Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Iteris. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rekor Systems and 1 mentions for Iteris. Iteris' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Rekor Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Rekor Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
51.2% of Iteris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Iteris shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Rekor Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Iteris has higher revenue and earnings than Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iteris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iteris has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rekor Systems has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Iteris presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 107.45%. Rekor Systems has a consensus price target of $3.88, indicating a potential upside of 115.88%. Given Iteris' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rekor Systems is more favorable than Iteris.
Iteris received 220 more outperform votes than Rekor Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Iteris an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Rekor Systems an outperform vote.
Iteris has a net margin of 1.45% compared to Iteris' net margin of -130.78%. Rekor Systems' return on equity of 3.76% beat Iteris' return on equity.
Summary
Iteris beats Rekor Systems on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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