SNT vs. CVV, GFAI, APWC, FATH, AIU, CLIR, PPSI, FTEK, AP, and UTSI
Should you be buying Senstar Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Senstar Technologies include CVD Equipment (CVV), Guardforce AI (GFAI), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Fathom Digital Manufacturing (FATH), Meta Data (AIU), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), Fuel Tech (FTEK), Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP), and UTStarcom (UTSI).
Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT) and CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
CVD Equipment received 43 more outperform votes than Senstar Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Senstar Technologies an outperform vote while only 42.91% of users gave CVD Equipment an outperform vote.
Senstar Technologies has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVD Equipment has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Senstar Technologies has a net margin of -5.41% compared to CVD Equipment's net margin of -17.34%. Senstar Technologies' return on equity of -4.91% beat CVD Equipment's return on equity.
Senstar Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than CVD Equipment. Senstar Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CVD Equipment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
20.8% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of CVD Equipment shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of CVD Equipment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CVD Equipment had 2 more articles in the media than Senstar Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CVD Equipment and 4 mentions for Senstar Technologies. CVD Equipment's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Senstar Technologies' score of 0.22 indicating that CVD Equipment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Senstar Technologies beats CVD Equipment on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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