CTLP vs. PAR, DBD, VYX, ATEN, CRSR, EVLV, SSYS, MITK, KOPN, and DDD
Should you be buying Cantaloupe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cantaloupe include PAR Technology (PAR), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), NCR Voyix (VYX), A10 Networks (ATEN), Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Stratasys (SSYS), Mitek Systems (MITK), Kopin (KOPN), and 3D Systems (DDD). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Cantaloupe vs. Its Competitors
PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) and Cantaloupe (NASDAQ:CTLP) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Cantaloupe received 41 more outperform votes than PAR Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.32% of users gave PAR Technology an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave Cantaloupe an outperform vote.
PAR Technology presently has a consensus target price of $79.86, suggesting a potential upside of 28.59%. Cantaloupe has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Cantaloupe's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cantaloupe is more favorable than PAR Technology.
Cantaloupe has a net margin of 5.40% compared to PAR Technology's net margin of -0.66%. Cantaloupe's return on equity of 8.36% beat PAR Technology's return on equity.
75.8% of Cantaloupe shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of PAR Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Cantaloupe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cantaloupe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PAR Technology. PAR Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cantaloupe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PAR Technology has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cantaloupe has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PAR Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Cantaloupe. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PAR Technology and 4 mentions for Cantaloupe. Cantaloupe's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat PAR Technology's score of 1.17 indicating that Cantaloupe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cantaloupe beats PAR Technology on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CTLP) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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