KVHI vs. AVNW, CMTL, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, and CIEN
Should you be buying KVH Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KVH Industries include Aviat Networks (AVNW), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and Ciena (CIEN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
KVH Industries vs.
Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) and KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) are both small-cap computer and technology 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.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than KVH Industries. Aviat Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KVH Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KVH Industries has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aviat Networks received 7 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.43% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.
78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of KVH Industries 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.
Aviat Networks presently has a consensus target price of $38.60, suggesting a potential upside of 103.91%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than KVH Industries.
In the previous week, Aviat Networks had 2 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aviat Networks and 3 mentions for KVH Industries. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Aviat Networks' score of 0.93 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of -0.98% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -15.99%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 4.94% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KVHI) was last updated on 1/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
