VUZI vs. KVHI, CMBM, AIRG, SATL, ONDS, CMTL, COMM, CRNT, GILT, and CNDB
Should you be buying Vuzix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vuzix include KVH Industries (KVHI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Airgain (AIRG), Satellogic (SATL), Ondas (ONDS), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), CommScope (COMM), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), and Concord Acquisition Corp III (CNDB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
KVH Industries has a net margin of -11.69% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -413.47%. Vuzix's return on equity of -0.15% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.
Vuzix received 95 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of KVH Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Vuzix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KVH Industries currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.44%. Vuzix has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 127.27%. Given KVH Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vuzix is more favorable than KVH Industries.
KVH Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. KVH Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vuzix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vuzix had 11 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Vuzix and 0 mentions for KVH Industries. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Vuzix's score of 0.59 indicating that Vuzix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vuzix beats KVH Industries on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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