AIRG vs. VUZI, KVHI, PCTI, SEAC, CAN, GILT, CRNT, ITI, POET, and BKSY
Should you be buying Airgain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Airgain include Vuzix (VUZI), KVH Industries (KVHI), PCTEL (PCTI), SeaChange International (SEAC), Canaan (CAN), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Iteris (ITI), POET Technologies (POET), and BlackSky Technology (BKSY).
Airgain (NASDAQ:AIRG) and Vuzix (NASDAQ:VUZI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Airgain has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vuzix has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Airgain has a net margin of -22.34% compared to Vuzix's net margin of -502.48%. Airgain's return on equity of -26.07% beat Vuzix's return on equity.
Airgain has higher revenue and earnings than Vuzix. Airgain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vuzix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Airgain presently has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential downside of 25.18%. Vuzix has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 130.77%. Given Vuzix's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vuzix is more favorable than Airgain.
In the previous week, Vuzix had 6 more articles in the media than Airgain. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vuzix and 2 mentions for Airgain. Airgain's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Vuzix's score of 0.56 indicating that Airgain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.8% of Airgain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Vuzix shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Airgain shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Vuzix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vuzix received 31 more outperform votes than Airgain when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave Vuzix an outperform vote while only 61.80% of users gave Airgain an outperform vote.
Summary
Airgain and Vuzix tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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