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AWRE vs. KVHI, CMTL, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, and SATS

Should you be buying Aware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aware include KVH Industries (KVHI), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), and EchoStar (SATS). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Aware vs. Its Competitors

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) and KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

24.4% of Aware shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of Aware shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of KVH Industries shares are held by company 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.

Aware has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KVH Industries has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aware had 6 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aware and 2 mentions for KVH Industries. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Aware's score of 0.28 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aware
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
KVH Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

KVH Industries has a net margin of -8.72% compared to Aware's net margin of -35.46%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -4.47% beat Aware's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aware-35.46% -18.62% -13.60%
KVH Industries -8.72%-4.47%-3.91%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aware$17.39M2.62-$4.43M-$0.25-8.64
KVH Industries$113.83M0.90-$11.05M-$0.49-10.71

Summary

KVH Industries beats Aware on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AWRE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AWRE vs. The Competition

MetricAwareInternet Software/Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$44.71M$11.23B$29.20B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A19.94%3.08%4.08%
P/E Ratio-7.7136.3448.0923.80
Price / Sales2.6233.831,544.9766.65
Price / CashN/A18.7038.0757.96
Price / Book1.483.057.415.55
Net Income-$4.43M$321.47M$782.10M$259.03M
7 Day Performance-7.30%-5.68%-3.65%-4.59%
1 Month Performance17.39%0.04%-0.11%4.46%
1 Year Performance6.40%-3.59%52,642.35%18.03%

Aware Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AWRE
Aware
1.4837 of 5 stars
$2.16
+1.9%
N/A+3.3%$44.71M$17.39M-7.7180Earnings Report
Gap Down
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.9873 of 5 stars
$5.31
-0.7%
N/A+14.6%$104.86M$109.98M-10.84650News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.8808 of 5 stars
$2.35
-2.9%
$6.00
+155.3%
-35.3%$71.14M$540.40M-0.231,676Positive News
Gap Down
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7732 of 5 stars
$68.34
+0.4%
$70.35
+2.9%
+41.6%$269.48B$53.80B27.8990,400Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.8842 of 5 stars
$158.97
+2.7%
$184.86
+16.3%
-9.6%$169.97B$38.96B16.4749,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.4929 of 5 stars
$199.88
+2.1%
$209.16
+4.6%
+9.5%$130.55B$8.03B115.1715,289Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6767 of 5 stars
$420.72
+0.1%
$510.67
+21.4%
+9.7%$70.18B$10.82B35.1221,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
FFIV
F5
4.3338 of 5 stars
$300.12
-0.7%
$291.44
-2.9%
+57.3%$17.35B$2.82B26.556,557Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
JNPR
Juniper Networks
1.6977 of 5 stars
$39.95
flat
$40.00
+0.1%
N/A$13.36B$5.20B38.053,519
CIEN
Ciena
4.4244 of 5 stars
$85.36
+0.4%
$85.54
+0.2%
+72.6%$12.01B$4.01B118.568,657Positive News
Gap Down
SATS
EchoStar
0.9625 of 5 stars
$28.33
-1.0%
$24.70
-12.8%
+35.0%$8.22B$15.83B-37.7713,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down

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