NSSC vs. VCRA, ESE, IRDM, LITE, PWFL, DRS, ALGM, CRDO, PI, and LPL
Should you be buying Napco Security Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Napco Security Technologies include Vocera Communications (VCRA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Iridium Communications (IRDM), Lumentum (LITE), PowerFleet (PWFL), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Credo Technology Group (CRDO), Impinj (PI), and LG Display (LPL).
Vocera Communications (NYSE:VCRA) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Vocera Communications received 175 more outperform votes than Napco Security Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave Vocera Communications an outperform vote.
Napco Security Technologies has a consensus target price of $54.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.07%. Given Vocera Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Napco Security Technologies is more favorable than Vocera Communications.
Vocera Communications has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Napco Security Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than Vocera Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Napco Security Technologies and 0 mentions for Vocera Communications. Vocera Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Napco Security Technologies' score of 0.59 indicating that Napco Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Vocera Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 25.58% compared to Napco Security Technologies' net margin of -3.63%. Vocera Communications' return on equity of 30.50% beat Napco Security Technologies' return on equity.
Napco Security Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vocera Communications. Vocera Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Napco Security Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Napco Security Technologies beats Vocera Communications on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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