RFIL vs. CAN, AUDC, VLN, WOLF, LPTH, CRNT, INSG, VUZI, REKR, and NA
Should you be buying RF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RF Industries include Canaan (CAN), AudioCodes (AUDC), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), Wolfspeed (WOLF), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Inseego (INSG), Vuzix (VUZI), Rekor Systems (REKR), and Nano Labs (NA). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
RF Industries vs. Its Competitors
RF Industries (NASDAQ:RFIL) and Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.
23.5% of RF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Canaan shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of RF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Canaan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RF Industries presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 30.02%. Canaan has a consensus price target of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 248.77%. Given Canaan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than RF Industries.
RF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaan. RF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canaan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RF Industries has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaan has a beta of 3.45, meaning that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RF Industries has a net margin of -1.95% compared to Canaan's net margin of -77.01%. RF Industries' return on equity of 1.63% beat Canaan's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canaan had 7 more articles in the media than RF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Canaan and 1 mentions for RF Industries. RF Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Canaan's score of 0.40 indicating that RF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
RF Industries and Canaan tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:RFIL) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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