COMM vs. CMBM, LORL, HLIT, PL, AVNW, GILT, CRNT, BKSY, SATL, and KVHI
Should you be buying CommScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CommScope include Cambium Networks (CMBM), Loral Space & Communications Inc. (LORL), Harmonic (HLIT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Satellogic (SATL), and KVH Industries (KVHI).
Cambium Networks (NASDAQ:CMBM) and CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Cambium Networks has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cambium Networks had 3 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cambium Networks and 5 mentions for CommScope. Cambium Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat CommScope's score of 0.14 indicating that CommScope is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CommScope received 467 more outperform votes than Cambium Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.51% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 59.62% of users gave Cambium Networks an outperform vote.
87.2% of Cambium Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of CommScope shares are held by institutional investors. 57.3% of Cambium Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of CommScope shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CommScope has a net margin of -30.88% compared to CommScope's net margin of -50.94%. Cambium Networks' return on equity of -1.75% beat CommScope's return on equity.
Cambium Networks has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CommScope. Cambium Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommScope, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cambium Networks currently has a consensus target price of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 401.62%. CommScope has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Given CommScope's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cambium Networks is more favorable than CommScope.
Summary
CommScope beats Cambium Networks on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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