CommScope (COMM) Competitors

CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Leonardo DRS (NASDAQ:DRS) are both electronic equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, COMM or DRS?

Leonardo DRS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leonardo DRS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CommScope	$4.21B	0.79	-$315.50M	$2.66	5.66
Leonardo DRS	$3.23B	3.68	$213M	$0.93	48.09

Is COMM or DRS more profitable?

CommScope has a net margin of 16.61% compared to Leonardo DRS's net margin of 7.31%. Leonardo DRS's return on equity of 11.02% beat CommScope's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CommScope	16.61%	-6.29%	2.26%
Leonardo DRS	7.31%	11.02%	6.93%

Do analysts rate COMM or DRS?

CommScope presently has a consensus price target of $14.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.99%. Leonardo DRS has a consensus price target of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Given Leonardo DRS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Leonardo DRS is more favorable than CommScope.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CommScope	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Leonardo DRS	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more volatility & risk, COMM or DRS?

CommScope has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leonardo DRS has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to COMM or DRS?

In the previous week, Leonardo DRS had 4 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Leonardo DRS and 5 mentions for CommScope. Leonardo DRS's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat CommScope's score of 0.73 indicating that Leonardo DRS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CommScope	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Leonardo DRS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COMM or DRS?

88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of CommScope shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Leonardo DRS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Leonardo DRS beats CommScope on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.