RFIL vs. CAN, LPTH, CSLR, MX, REKR, ICG, MRAM, INSG, ESP, and SNT
Should you be buying RF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RF Industries include Canaan (CAN), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Complete Solaria (CSLR), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Rekor Systems (REKR), Intchains Group (ICG), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Inseego (INSG), ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS (ESP), and Senstar Technologies (SNT). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
RF Industries vs.
Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) and RF Industries (NASDAQ:RFIL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
Canaan has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RF Industries has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Canaan had 8 more articles in the media than RF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Canaan and 1 mentions for RF Industries. RF Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Canaan's score of 0.29 indicating that RF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RF Industries received 200 more outperform votes than Canaan when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.95% of users gave Canaan an outperform vote while only 48.02% of users gave RF Industries an outperform vote.
70.1% of Canaan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.5% of RF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canaan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of RF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canaan currently has a consensus target price of $2.90, indicating a potential upside of 279.08%. RF Industries has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Canaan's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canaan is more favorable than RF Industries.
RF Industries has a net margin of -10.18% compared to Canaan's net margin of -128.85%. RF Industries' return on equity of -3.06% beat Canaan's return on equity.
RF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Canaan and RF Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RFIL) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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