AUDC vs. PL, DQ, JKS, PENG, COMM, NSSC, BELFA, SEDG, AAOI, and ICHR
Should you be buying AudioCodes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AudioCodes include Planet Labs PBC (PL), Daqo New Energy (DQ), JinkoSolar (JKS), Penguin Solutions (PENG), CommScope (COMM), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), Bel Fuse (BELFA), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), and Ichor (ICHR). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
AudioCodes vs.
AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
AudioCodes has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AudioCodes pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Planet Labs PBC pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.5%. AudioCodes pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Planet Labs PBC pays out -228.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Planet Labs PBC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AudioCodes currently has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus price target of $5.98, indicating a potential upside of 77.71%. Given Planet Labs PBC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than AudioCodes.
AudioCodes has a net margin of 6.32% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -48.88%. AudioCodes' return on equity of 10.47% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
68.1% of AudioCodes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by 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.
AudioCodes received 322 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.37% of users gave AudioCodes an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 5 more articles in the media than AudioCodes. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 5 mentions for AudioCodes. AudioCodes' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Planet Labs PBC's score of -0.01 indicating that AudioCodes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AudioCodes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AudioCodes beats Planet Labs PBC on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AUDC) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
