SILC vs. LTRX, CXDO, SANG, PXLW, KEQU, SATL, XNET, GSIT, ELVA, and STG
Should you be buying Silicom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Silicom include Lantronix (LTRX), Crexendo (CXDO), Sangoma Technologies (SANG), Pixelworks (PXLW), Kewaunee Scientific (KEQU), Satellogic (SATL), Xunlei (XNET), GSI Technology (GSIT), Electrovaya (ELVA), and Sunlands Technology Group (STG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
52.8% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Lantronix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Silicom has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantronix has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lantronix received 3 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Lantronix an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lantronix had 25 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Lantronix and 8 mentions for Silicom. Lantronix's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Silicom's score of -0.41 indicating that Lantronix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Silicom currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.89%. Lantronix has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 133.52%. Given Lantronix's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
Silicom has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lantronix. Silicom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lantronix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Silicom has a net margin of -2.38% compared to Lantronix's net margin of -4.48%. Silicom's return on equity of -1.62% beat Lantronix's return on equity.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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