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CMTL vs. ANET, AVNW, KVHI, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, CIEN, and SATS

Should you be buying Comtech Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comtech Telecommunications include Arista Networks (ANET), Aviat Networks (AVNW), KVH Industries (KVHI), Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Ciena (CIEN), and EchoStar (SATS). 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Arista Networks has a net margin of 40.90% compared to Comtech Telecommunications' net margin of -51.28%. Arista Networks' return on equity of 31.05% beat Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arista Networks40.90% 31.05% 21.58%
Comtech Telecommunications -51.28%-15.38%-3.34%

In the previous week, Arista Networks had 60 more articles in the media than Comtech Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Arista Networks and 2 mentions for Comtech Telecommunications. Arista Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Comtech Telecommunications' score of 0.86 indicating that Arista Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arista Networks
49 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Comtech Telecommunications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

82.5% of Arista Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Arista Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Arista Networks has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Arista Networks presently has a consensus price target of $163.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.56%. Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.70%. Given Comtech Telecommunications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Comtech Telecommunications
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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$7.95B22.62$2.85B$2.5456.34
Comtech Telecommunications$540.40M0.16-$99.99M-$10.02-0.30

Summary

Arista Networks beats Comtech Telecommunications on 15 of the 16 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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CMTL vs. The Competition

MetricComtech TelecommunicationsWireless Equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.01M$17.50B$32.91B$10.55B
Dividend YieldN/A1.29%3.23%4.81%
P/E Ratio-0.30357.80481.5727.13
Price / Sales0.16524.491,478.61134.69
Price / Cash1.0820.3637.3460.81
Price / Book0.2814.637.416.52
Net Income-$99.99M$224.12M$820.48M$276.93M
7 Day Performance-2.63%6.45%0.64%1.93%
1 Month Performance31.56%14.82%0.98%2.19%
1 Year Performance-28.16%55.64%24,165.20%34.62%

Comtech Telecommunications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.3885 of 5 stars
$2.96
+1.7%
$6.00
+102.7%
-28.2%$87.01M$540.40M-0.301,676News Coverage
ANET
Arista Networks
4.9125 of 5 stars
$147.45
-4.3%
$163.94
+11.2%
+42.4%$185.32B$7.95B57.994,412Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
AVNW
Aviat Networks
3.335 of 5 stars
$21.52
+2.3%
$32.00
+48.7%
+1.2%$275.50M$434.61M269.03710News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.5131 of 5 stars
$5.78
+1.9%
N/A+16.4%$112.74M$107.93M-18.06650News Coverage
AWRE
Aware
1.4102 of 5 stars
$2.33
-0.9%
N/A+17.1%$49.65M$17.39M-8.3280Short Interest ↓
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.8779 of 5 stars
$67.46
-0.7%
$74.89
+11.0%
+23.6%$266.68B$56.65B25.7586,200Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.7959 of 5 stars
$161.78
+5.3%
$182.82
+13.0%
-4.4%$174.56B$38.96B15.6049,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.3804 of 5 stars
$213.28
+2.3%
$216.00
+1.3%
+10.9%$142.66B$9.22B132.8816,068Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.9673 of 5 stars
$456.01
-0.1%
$513.78
+12.7%
-6.3%$75.97B$10.82B36.7221,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
CIEN
Ciena
4.4454 of 5 stars
$164.98
+5.8%
$137.53
-16.6%
+162.4%$23.27B$4.54B170.088,657Insider Trade
SATS
EchoStar
1.5596 of 5 stars
$74.85
+1.1%
$75.20
+0.5%
+185.2%$21.54B$15.83B-71.2913,700

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This page (NASDAQ:CMTL) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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