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

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), EchoStar (SATS), F5 (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), and InterDigital (IDCC). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Aware vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, KVH Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Aware. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for KVH Industries and 4 mentions for Aware. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Aware's score of -0.01 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

73.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Aware shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of KVH Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Aware shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Aware has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
KVH Industries$113.83M1.03-$11.05M-$0.32-18.81
Aware$16.15M3.72-$4.43M-$0.28-10.05

KVH Industries has a net margin of -5.83% compared to Aware's net margin of -35.46%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -3.41% beat Aware's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KVH Industries-5.83% -3.41% -3.04%
Aware -35.46%-19.04%-13.94%

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aware has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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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$60.02M$12.77B$31.26B$10.16B
Dividend YieldN/A23.70%3.18%4.61%
P/E Ratio-10.0637.90439.2825.99
Price / Sales3.7241.671,794.3991.76
Price / CashN/A18.2636.4459.91
Price / Book1.933.787.226.31
Net Income-$4.43M$321.47M$807.55M$270.66M
7 Day Performance24.01%3.41%2.95%3.52%
1 Month Performance19.79%12.63%5.07%6.79%
1 Year Performance27.38%11.38%24,267.45%28.29%

Aware Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AWRE
Aware
0.6855 of 5 stars
$2.82
+0.5%
N/A+27.9%$60.02M$16.15M-10.0680
KVHI
KVH Industries
2.2286 of 5 stars
$6.21
+1.3%
N/A+33.2%$121.11M$113.83M-19.41650Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.8019 of 5 stars
$2.28
-3.8%
$6.00
+163.2%
-29.7%$67.18M$540.40M-0.231,676
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.9099 of 5 stars
$67.20
+0.5%
$74.53
+10.9%
+37.8%$265.42B$56.65B25.6386,200Positive News
Insider Trade
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9253 of 5 stars
$160.29
+0.0%
$182.82
+14.1%
-3.0%$172.74B$43.26B15.4449,000Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.3136 of 5 stars
$196.16
-0.6%
$211.68
+7.9%
+16.1%$131.68B$9.22B122.6616,068Positive News
Short Interest ↑
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.9127 of 5 stars
$474.43
-0.8%
$516.13
+8.8%
+12.6%$79.02B$11.09B38.1921,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SATS
EchoStar
1.3547 of 5 stars
$82.54
+2.4%
$63.90
-22.6%
+251.9%$23.61B$15.45B-78.1413,700Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FFIV
F5
3.9986 of 5 stars
$324.86
+1.3%
$309.89
-4.6%
+64.9%$18.65B$2.82B28.606,557News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
CIEN
Ciena
4.6118 of 5 stars
$118.99
0.0%
$114.32
-3.9%
+149.0%$16.77B$4.01B122.548,657Analyst Upgrade
IDCC
InterDigital
1.7151 of 5 stars
$301.05
+0.4%
$160.00
-46.9%
+145.7%$7.75B$892.58M21.41420News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:AWRE) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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