CTLP vs. PAR, DBD, VYX, ATEN, CRSR, EVLV, SSYS, MITK, ALLT, and KOPN
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), Allot (ALLT), and Kopin (KOPN). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Cantaloupe has a net margin of 20.47% compared to PAR Technology's net margin of -2.88%. Cantaloupe's return on equity of 9.02% beat PAR Technology's return on equity.
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.
75.8% of Cantaloupe shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PAR Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Cantaloupe shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PAR Technology has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cantaloupe has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PAR Technology currently has a consensus price target of $79.86, suggesting a potential upside of 15.08%. Cantaloupe has a consensus price target of $12.24, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Given PAR Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PAR Technology is more favorable than Cantaloupe.
In the previous week, PAR Technology had 4 more articles in the media than Cantaloupe. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PAR Technology and 1 mentions for Cantaloupe. Cantaloupe's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat PAR Technology's score of 0.69 indicating that Cantaloupe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cantaloupe beats PAR Technology on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTLP) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff