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AWRE vs. KVHI, CMTL, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, CIEN, SATS, FFIV, 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), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), F5 (FFIV), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

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$113.83M0.96-$11.05M-$0.32-17.59
Aware$17.39M3.05-$4.43M-$0.28-8.89

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aware has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, KVH Industries and KVH Industries both had 4 articles in the media. Aware's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.45 indicating that Aware is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KVH Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Aware
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Summary

Aware beats KVH Industries on 7 of the 12 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$53.18M$12.58B$33.67B$10.81B
Dividend YieldN/A25.82%3.18%4.81%
P/E Ratio-8.8937.60105.6630.91
Price / Sales3.0544.711,292.14133.93
Price / CashN/A17.9238.6161.86
Price / Book1.713.827.626.61
Net Income-$4.43M$321.47M$820.47M$277.10M
7 Day Performance6.87%4.60%2.47%2.57%
1 Month Performance2.89%0.11%3.63%3.79%
1 Year Performance23.57%37.36%24,146.25%33.01%

Aware Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AWRE
Aware
1.247 of 5 stars
$2.49
+1.6%
N/A+23.9%$53.18M$17.39M-8.8980Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.7434 of 5 stars
$5.70
+0.8%
N/A+17.5%$111.05M$113.83M-17.80650News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.5005 of 5 stars
$3.00
-2.3%
$6.00
+100.0%
-9.5%$88.19M$495.35M-0.301,676News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.9101 of 5 stars
$71.13
+0.7%
$74.72
+5.1%
+26.2%$281.17B$56.65B27.1586,200Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.8071 of 5 stars
$168.66
+1.0%
$182.82
+8.4%
+0.5%$182.05B$43.26B16.2749,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
3.9162 of 5 stars
$214.67
+1.3%
$217.22
+1.2%
+19.1%$143.63B$9.22B133.7916,068Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.9814 of 5 stars
$447.80
-0.1%
$513.78
+14.7%
-5.6%$74.61B$11.09B36.0521,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CIEN
Ciena
4.1975 of 5 stars
$171.90
-0.7%
$137.53
-20.0%
+171.8%$24.25B$4.01B177.218,657Analyst Forecast
SATS
EchoStar
1.1575 of 5 stars
$74.44
+0.4%
$75.20
+1.0%
+197.1%$21.43B$15.45B-70.9413,700Analyst Forecast
FFIV
F5
3.9912 of 5 stars
$299.63
+1.1%
$314.33
+4.9%
+39.7%$17.21B$2.82B26.406,557Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IDCC
InterDigital
2.0262 of 5 stars
$370.47
-0.1%
$345.00
-6.9%
+157.0%$9.56B$892.58M26.41420Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:AWRE) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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