CMTL vs. KVHI, AIRG, ONDS, VUZI, CMBM, SATL, COMM, LPTH, GAN, and WIMI
Should you be buying Comtech Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comtech Telecommunications include KVH Industries (KVHI), Airgain (AIRG), Ondas (ONDS), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Satellogic (SATL), CommScope (COMM), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), GAN (GAN), and WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, KVH Industries and KVH Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Comtech Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comtech Telecommunications has a net margin of -4.02% compared to Comtech Telecommunications' net margin of -11.69%. Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity of -0.15% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.
Comtech Telecommunications received 18 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.82% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Comtech Telecommunications an outperform vote.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of KVH Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
KVH Industries currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.53%. Comtech Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 600.00%. Given KVH Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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.
Summary
KVH Industries beats Comtech Telecommunications on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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