VSAT vs. HLIT, PL, GILT, CMBM, CMTL, UI, PD, CALX, UCTT, and YY
Should you be buying Viasat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viasat include Harmonic (HLIT), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Cambium Networks (CMBM), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Ubiquiti (UI), PagerDuty (PD), Calix (CALX), Ultra Clean (UCTT), and JOYY (YY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Harmonic (NASDAQ:HLIT) and Viasat (NASDAQ:VSAT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Harmonic has a net margin of 13.82% compared to Harmonic's net margin of 6.01%. Viasat's return on equity of 4.71% beat Harmonic's return on equity.
In the previous week, Harmonic had 1 more articles in the media than Viasat. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Harmonic and 4 mentions for Viasat. Viasat's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Harmonic's score of -0.40 indicating that Harmonic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Viasat has higher revenue and earnings than Harmonic. Viasat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harmonic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.4% of Harmonic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Viasat shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Harmonic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Viasat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Harmonic has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viasat has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Harmonic presently has a consensus target price of $17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 77.32%. Viasat has a consensus target price of $38.17, suggesting a potential upside of 146.08%. Given Harmonic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viasat is more favorable than Harmonic.
Viasat received 104 more outperform votes than Harmonic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.22% of users gave Viasat an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Harmonic an outperform vote.
Summary
Harmonic beats Viasat on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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