Aviat Networks (AVNW) Competitors

Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) 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 risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVNW or BELFB?

78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVNW or BELFB?

Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AVNW or BELFB?

Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Aviat Networks. Aviat Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, 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
Aviat Networks	$435.93M	0.59	$10.76M	-$0.20	-101.40
Bel Fuse	$558.94M	1.70	$40.96M	$3.44	21.79

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVNW or BELFB?

Aviat Networks and Bel Fuse both received 266 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 66.33% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 65.36% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aviat Networks	Outperform Votes 266 65.36%	Underperform Votes 141 34.64%
Bel Fuse	Outperform Votes 266 66.33%	Underperform Votes 135 33.67%

Do analysts prefer AVNW or BELFB?

Aviat Networks currently has a consensus price target of $37.60, indicating a potential upside of 85.40%. Bel Fuse has a consensus price target of $102.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.74%. Given Aviat Networks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than Bel Fuse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aviat Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bel Fuse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is AVNW or BELFB more profitable?

Bel Fuse has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Aviat Networks' net margin of -0.56%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 12.37% beat Aviat Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aviat Networks	-0.56%	4.33%	1.98%
Bel Fuse	7.66%	12.37%	6.66%

Does the media prefer AVNW or BELFB?

In the previous week, Bel Fuse had 12 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bel Fuse and 0 mentions for Aviat Networks. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Bel Fuse's score of 1.35 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aviat Networks	Very Positive
Bel Fuse	Positive

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Aviat Networks on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.