RADCOM (RDCM) Competitors

AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) and RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is ALOT or RDCM more profitable?

RADCOM has a net margin of 7.20% compared to RADCOM's net margin of 3.17%. RADCOM's return on equity of 8.28% beat AstroNova's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AstroNova	3.17%	8.28%	5.33%
RADCOM	7.20%	5.20%	3.92%

Which has more volatility & risk, ALOT or RDCM?

AstroNova has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RADCOM has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ALOT or RDCM?

43.0% of AstroNova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of RADCOM shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of AstroNova shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of RADCOM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ALOT or RDCM?

RADCOM has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.22%. Given AstroNova's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RADCOM is more favorable than AstroNova.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AstroNova	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
RADCOM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ALOT or RDCM?

AstroNova has higher revenue and earnings than RADCOM. AstroNova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AstroNova	$148.09M	0.90	$4.69M	$0.62	27.74
RADCOM	$51.60M	2.59	$3.71M	$0.24	35.96

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALOT or RDCM?

RADCOM received 104 more outperform votes than AstroNova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.16% of users gave AstroNova an outperform vote while only 69.07% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AstroNova	Outperform Votes 222 69.16%	Underperform Votes 99 30.84%
RADCOM	Outperform Votes 326 69.07%	Underperform Votes 146 30.93%

Does the media refer more to ALOT or RDCM?

In the previous week, RADCOM had 1 more articles in the media than AstroNova. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for RADCOM and 3 mentions for AstroNova. RADCOM's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat AstroNova's score of 0.66 indicating that AstroNova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AstroNova	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RADCOM	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

RADCOM beats AstroNova on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.