Allot Communications (ALLT) Competitors

Allot Communications (NASDAQ:ALLT) and Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALLT or SILC?

Allot Communications received 219 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.61% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 60.76% of users gave Allot Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allot Communications	Outperform Votes 466 60.76%	Underperform Votes 301 39.24%
Silicom	Outperform Votes 247 68.61%	Underperform Votes 113 31.39%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ALLT or SILC?

Silicom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Allot Communications. Allot Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allot Communications	$93.46M	3.22	-$62.80M	-$0.10	-76.10
Silicom	$58.13M	1.41	-$12M	-$1.94	-7.45

Which has more risk and volatility, ALLT or SILC?

Allot Communications has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silicom has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ALLT or SILC?

Allot Communications currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 70.83%. Given Allot Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Allot Communications is more favorable than Silicom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allot Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Silicom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ALLT or SILC?

51.5% of Allot Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Allot Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ALLT or SILC more profitable?

Silicom has a net margin of -20.66% compared to Allot Communications' net margin of -26.69%. Silicom's return on equity of -8.83% beat Allot Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allot Communications	-26.69%	-48.04%	-17.03%
Silicom	-20.66%	-8.83%	-7.66%

Does the media refer more to ALLT or SILC?

In the previous week, Silicom had 1 more articles in the media than Allot Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Silicom and 1 mentions for Allot Communications. Silicom's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Allot Communications' score of -0.31 indicating that Silicom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allot Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Silicom	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Silicom beats Allot Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.