KN vs. ARLO, EXTR, ZUO, NTCT, EVBG, COHU, CSGS, CTS, PAR, and TTMI
Should you be buying Knowles stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knowles include Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Zuora (ZUO), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Everbridge (EVBG), Cohu (COHU), CSG Systems International (CSGS), CTS (CTS), PAR Technology (PAR), and TTM Technologies (TTMI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Arlo Technologies (NYSE:ARLO) and Knowles (NYSE:KN) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Arlo Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.49%. Knowles has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.46%. Given Knowles' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arlo Technologies is more favorable than Knowles.
Knowles received 193 more outperform votes than Arlo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Arlo Technologies an outperform vote.
Knowles has higher revenue and earnings than Arlo Technologies. Arlo Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knowles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Knowles had 14 more articles in the media than Arlo Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Knowles and 12 mentions for Arlo Technologies. Knowles' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Arlo Technologies' score of 0.06 indicating that Arlo Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.2% of Arlo Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Knowles shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Arlo Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Knowles shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Knowles has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Knowles' net margin of -4.49%. Arlo Technologies' return on equity of 5.28% beat Knowles' return on equity.
Arlo Technologies has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Knowles beats Arlo Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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