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

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

Comtech Telecommunications vs. Its Competitors

Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) and Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Arista Networks has a net margin of 40.72% compared to Comtech Telecommunications' net margin of -51.28%. Arista Networks' return on equity of 30.48% beat Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arista Networks40.72% 30.48% 21.72%
Comtech Telecommunications -51.28%-15.38%-3.34%

Arista Networks presently has a consensus target price of $114.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.27%. Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 196.30%. Given Comtech Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comtech Telecommunications is more favorable than Arista Networks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arista Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
Comtech Telecommunications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Arista Networks has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Arista Networks had 68 more articles in the media than Comtech Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Arista Networks and 0 mentions for Comtech Telecommunications. Comtech Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Arista Networks' score of 1.15 indicating that Comtech Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Arista Networks Positive
Comtech Telecommunications Very Positive

82.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Arista Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Arista Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Comtech Telecommunications. Comtech Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arista Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Arista Networks$7.00B21.58$2.85B$2.3650.99
Comtech Telecommunications$540.40M0.11-$99.99M-$10.02-0.20

Summary

Arista Networks beats Comtech Telecommunications on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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CMTL vs. The Competition

MetricComtech TelecommunicationsWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$59.54M$13.41B$28.99B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A1.74%3.09%4.13%
P/E Ratio-0.2021.3349.0924.23
Price / Sales0.11285.641,537.88175.75
Price / Cash0.7518.1033.4627.20
Price / Book0.1928.618.335.74
Net Income-$99.99M$203.49M$802.12M$265.08M
7 Day Performance-11.57%-0.07%3.95%-2.52%
1 Month Performance-21.21%-1.34%-0.11%6.48%
1 Year Performance-31.93%17.46%53,407.47%20.16%

Comtech Telecommunications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.864 of 5 stars
$2.03
-1.2%
$6.00
+196.3%
-31.1%$59.54M$540.40M-0.201,676Positive News
ANET
Arista Networks
4.5256 of 5 stars
$117.53
+2.8%
$111.40
-5.2%
+47.3%$147.61B$7.44B49.754,412Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.9966 of 5 stars
$5.30
+0.4%
N/A+16.7%$103.88M$109.98M-10.82650News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
AWRE
Aware
1.4918 of 5 stars
$2.24
-3.9%
N/A+6.4%$47.24M$17.39M-8.9680Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7685 of 5 stars
$67.92
-1.1%
$70.35
+3.6%
+43.8%$268.96B$53.80B27.7290,400Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.881 of 5 stars
$161.05
+1.7%
$183.95
+14.2%
-7.0%$176.83B$38.96B16.4049,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.5047 of 5 stars
$204.50
+0.6%
$209.42
+2.4%
+13.1%$136.36B$8.03B116.8615,289Positive News
Analyst Revision
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6778 of 5 stars
$430.02
+0.5%
$510.67
+18.8%
+6.5%$71.78B$10.82B35.8921,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FFIV
F5
4.1542 of 5 stars
$301.63
+0.8%
$291.44
-3.4%
+60.1%$17.32B$2.82B28.626,557Earnings Report
JNPR
Juniper Networks
1.549 of 5 stars
$39.95
flat
$40.00
+0.1%
N/A$13.36B$5.20B38.053,519
CIEN
Ciena
4.5013 of 5 stars
$90.56
+2.2%
$85.54
-5.5%
+84.0%$12.80B$4.01B125.788,657Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CMTL) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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