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$1.96 -0.06 (-2.97%)
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CMTL vs. KVHI, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, and SATS

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 EchoStar (SATS). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Comtech Telecommunications vs.

KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KVH Industries-15.99% -3.96% -3.38%
Comtech Telecommunications -48.97%-8.76%-3.01%

Comtech Telecommunications received 19 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote while only 57.00% of users gave Comtech Telecommunications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KVH IndustriesOutperform Votes
258
64.50%
Underperform Votes
142
35.50%
Comtech TelecommunicationsOutperform Votes
277
57.00%
Underperform Votes
209
43.00%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KVH Industries$109.98M0.94-$15.42M-$0.49-10.82
Comtech Telecommunications$496.64M0.12-$99.99M-$9.57-0.20

Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus price target of $6.38, suggesting a potential upside of 225.26%. Given Comtech Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comtech Telecommunications is more favorable than KVH Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KVH Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Comtech Telecommunications
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, KVH Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Comtech Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for KVH Industries and 0 mentions for Comtech Telecommunications. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Comtech Telecommunications' score of 0.00 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KVH Industries Positive
Comtech Telecommunications Neutral

Summary

KVH Industries beats Comtech Telecommunications on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMTL vs. The Competition

MetricComtech TelecommunicationsRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$57.52M$10.99B$25.10B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%2.90%4.10%
P/E Ratio-0.2012.9544.5919.71
Price / Sales0.125.641,997.44117.28
Price / Cash0.8112.3534.7834.62
Price / Book0.187.626.654.50
Net Income-$99.99M$371.54M$739.99M$248.18M
7 Day Performance13.95%-1.33%-0.92%0.23%
1 Month Performance54.33%16.79%12.60%12.39%
1 Year Performance-11.71%33.76%52,628.86%7.07%

Comtech Telecommunications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.1709 of 5 stars
$1.96
-3.0%
$6.38
+225.3%
-12.9%$57.52M$496.64M-0.201,990
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.4053 of 5 stars
$5.00
-1.0%
N/A+1.3%$98.82M$113.83M-5.15650
AWRE
Aware
0.7103 of 5 stars
$1.67
flat
N/A-12.4%$35.22M$16.58M-4.6480News Coverage
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7636 of 5 stars
$61.67
+3.2%
$65.05
+5.5%
+34.6%$245.34B$54.18B26.9383,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9583 of 5 stars
$152.12
+4.8%
$192.08
+26.3%
-24.7%$167.03B$42.29B16.2551,000Trending News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.3916 of 5 stars
$193.50
+3.5%
$203.06
+4.9%
+16.3%$128.12B$8.57B109.0112,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.65 of 5 stars
$412.57
+1.5%
$513.25
+24.4%
+15.4%$68.86B$10.96B44.7520,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
FFIV
F5
3.7089 of 5 stars
$280.35
+3.8%
$282.56
+0.8%
+65.0%$16.10B$2.94B27.877,090Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.3742 of 5 stars
$36.58
+0.6%
$40.00
+9.3%
+4.1%$12.23B$5.20B42.5310,900Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.3567 of 5 stars
$79.07
+5.8%
$77.62
-1.8%
+61.6%$11.24B$4.05B138.728,080Trending News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
SATS
EchoStar
1.404 of 5 stars
$20.18
-16.6%
$23.75
+17.7%
+17.1%$5.78B$15.83B-2.202,300High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CMTL) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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