VSAT vs. HLIT, GILT, CMBM, CMTL, UI, SMTC, YY, PLUS, ROG, and UPST
Should you be buying Viasat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viasat include Harmonic (HLIT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Ubiquiti (UI), Semtech (SMTC), JOYY (YY), ePlus (PLUS), Rogers (ROG), and Upstart (UPST). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
Viasat received 103 more outperform votes than Harmonic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote.
Harmonic has a net margin of 13.82% compared to Harmonic's net margin of 6.01%. Viasat's return on equity of 4.71% beat Harmonic's return on equity.
Harmonic has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viasat has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Harmonic currently has a consensus price target of $17.20, indicating a potential upside of 60.75%. Viasat has a consensus price target of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 140.04%. Given Harmonic's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viasat is more favorable than Harmonic.
In the previous week, Harmonic had 21 more articles in the media than Viasat. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Harmonic and 1 mentions for Viasat. Harmonic's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Viasat's score of 0.55 indicating that Viasat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Viasat shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Harmonic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Viasat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Viasat has higher revenue and earnings than Harmonic. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harmonic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Harmonic beats Viasat on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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