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Westell Technologies (WSTL) Competitors

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WSTL vs. KVHI, CMTL, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, and CIEN

Should you be buying Westell Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westell Technologies include KVH Industries (KVHI), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and Ciena (CIEN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Westell Technologies vs. Its Competitors

KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

KVH Industries has a net margin of -15.99% compared to Westell Technologies' net margin of -30.99%. KVH Industries' return on equity of -3.96% beat Westell Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KVH Industries-15.99% -3.96% -3.38%
Westell Technologies -30.99%-18.79%-15.09%

In the previous week, KVH Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Westell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for KVH Industries and 1 mentions for Westell Technologies. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Westell Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KVH Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Westell Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Westell Technologies received 11 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote while only 61.70% of users gave Westell Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KVH IndustriesOutperform Votes
258
64.50%
Underperform Votes
142
35.50%
Westell TechnologiesOutperform Votes
269
61.70%
Underperform Votes
167
38.30%

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westell Technologies has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Westell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of KVH Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of Westell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Westell Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KVH Industries.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KVH Industries$109.98M0.94-$15.42M-$0.49-10.71
Westell Technologies$29.96M1.72-$10.10MN/AN/A

Summary

KVH Industries beats Westell Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WSTL vs. The Competition

MetricWestell TechnologiesTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$51.40M$1.48B$26.34B$8.63B
Dividend YieldN/A3.80%2.85%4.18%
P/E Ratio-5.8023.5845.3420.01
Price / Sales1.725,059.141,975.61157.94
Price / CashN/A23.2634.7434.64
Price / Book1.617.607.014.70
Net Income-$10.10M$4.68M$741.34M$248.05M

Westell Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSTL
Westell Technologies
0.3061 of 5 stars
$3.25
-0.6%
N/AN/A$51.40M$29.96M-5.80101
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.2304 of 5 stars
$5.30
+2.3%
N/A+6.0%$103.88M$109.98M-5.46650Short Interest ↑
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
4.1883 of 5 stars
$2.14
-0.5%
$6.38
+197.9%
+2.3%$62.80M$496.64M-0.221,990Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AWRE
Aware
0.826 of 5 stars
$1.62
-3.2%
N/A-9.6%$34.11M$16.58M-4.4980Trending News
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7326 of 5 stars
$64.18
+0.5%
$68.00
+6.0%
+40.2%$254.15B$55.62B28.0383,300Trending News
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9405 of 5 stars
$148.46
+1.2%
$189.88
+27.9%
-23.5%$163.01B$42.29B15.8651,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.1159 of 5 stars
$196.44
+0.8%
$208.00
+5.9%
+24.2%$130.99B$8.87B110.6712,600Positive News
Analyst Revision
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.8107 of 5 stars
$423.56
+1.0%
$513.25
+21.2%
+8.4%$70.70B$10.96B45.9420,000Analyst Revision
FFIV
F5
3.7945 of 5 stars
$289.27
+1.1%
$282.56
-2.3%
+75.8%$16.61B$2.94B28.757,090Positive News
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.3583 of 5 stars
$35.87
flat
$40.00
+11.5%
+1.1%$11.99B$5.20B41.7110,900Short Interest ↓
CIEN
Ciena
4.6308 of 5 stars
$82.68
+1.1%
$81.23
-1.8%
+57.2%$11.75B$4.05B145.068,080Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:WSTL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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