COMM vs. CRNT, GILT, SATL, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, AIRG, ONDS, CMTL, and AVNW
Should you be buying CommScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CommScope include Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Airgain (AIRG), Ondas (ONDS), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) and Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Ceragon Networks has a net margin of 1.79% compared to CommScope's net margin of -21.64%. Ceragon Networks' return on equity of 9.95% beat CommScope's return on equity.
Ceragon Networks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceragon Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of CommScope shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CommScope received 149 more outperform votes than Ceragon Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ceragon Networks an outperform vote.
CommScope has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceragon Networks has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CommScope currently has a consensus target price of $4.02, suggesting a potential upside of 316.54%. Ceragon Networks has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 93.73%. Given CommScope's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CommScope is more favorable than Ceragon Networks.
In the previous week, Ceragon Networks had 1 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ceragon Networks and 3 mentions for CommScope. Ceragon Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat CommScope's score of 0.00 indicating that Ceragon Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ceragon Networks beats CommScope on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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