LITE vs. IRDM, ESE, NSSC, NPTN, AIOT, PWFL, AAOI, HEAR, ITI, and REKR
Should you be buying Lumentum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumentum include Iridium Communications (IRDM), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), NeoPhotonics (NPTN), Powerfleet (AIOT), PowerFleet (PWFL), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Turtle Beach (HEAR), Iteris (ITI), and Rekor Systems (REKR).
Iridium Communications (NASDAQ:IRDM) and Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Lumentum received 408 more outperform votes than Iridium Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave Lumentum an outperform vote while only 58.74% of users gave Iridium Communications an outperform vote.
84.4% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Lumentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Iridium Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lumentum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Iridium Communications presently has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.80%. Lumentum has a consensus target price of $53.08, indicating a potential upside of 2.42%. Given Lumentum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Iridium Communications is more favorable than Lumentum.
Iridium Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lumentum. Lumentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iridium Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iridium Communications has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumentum has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Iridium Communications has a net margin of 11.08% compared to Iridium Communications' net margin of -24.91%. Lumentum's return on equity of 10.23% beat Iridium Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Iridium Communications had 31 more articles in the media than Lumentum. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Iridium Communications and 3 mentions for Lumentum. Iridium Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Lumentum's score of 0.87 indicating that Lumentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Iridium Communications beats Lumentum on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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