CMTL vs. KVHI, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, and IDCC
Should you be buying Comtech Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comtech Telecommunications include KVH Industries (KVHI), Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), and InterDigital (IDCC). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Comtech Telecommunications vs. Its Competitors
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $4.75, indicating a potential upside of 117.89%. Given Comtech Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comtech Telecommunications is more favorable than KVH Industries.
KVH Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Comtech Telecommunications. KVH Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comtech Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of KVH Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are held by company 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.
Comtech Telecommunications received 20 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Comtech Telecommunications an outperform vote.
KVH Industries has a net margin of -15.99% compared to Comtech Telecommunications' net margin of -48.97%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -3.96% beat Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Comtech Telecommunications had 18 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Comtech Telecommunications and 4 mentions for KVH Industries. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Comtech Telecommunications' score of 0.13 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
KVH Industries and Comtech Telecommunications tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CMTL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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