QMCO vs. CRSR, EVLV, CTLP, SSYS, MITK, DDD, RDCM, LTRX, ALOT, and KOPN
Should you be buying Quantum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quantum include Corsair Gaming (CRSR), Evolv Technologies (EVLV), Cantaloupe (CTLP), Stratasys (SSYS), Mitek Systems (MITK), 3D Systems (DDD), RADCOM (RDCM), Lantronix (LTRX), AstroNova (ALOT), and Kopin (KOPN). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) and Quantum (NASDAQ:QMCO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quantum has a beta of 2.79, suggesting that its share price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Corsair Gaming received 46 more outperform votes than Quantum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.78% of users gave Corsair Gaming an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Quantum an outperform vote.
Quantum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Corsair Gaming's net margin of -2.83%. Corsair Gaming's return on equity of 2.17% beat Quantum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Corsair Gaming had 1 more articles in the media than Quantum. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Corsair Gaming and 0 mentions for Quantum. Corsair Gaming's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quantum'saverage media sentiment score.
Corsair Gaming presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 82.42%. Given Corsair Gaming's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Quantum.
Corsair Gaming has higher revenue and earnings than Quantum. Corsair Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quantum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Quantum shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.9% of Corsair Gaming shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Quantum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Corsair Gaming beats Quantum on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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