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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.

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

In the previous week, KVH Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Westell Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for KVH Industries and 0 mentions for Westell Technologies. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Westell Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KVH Industries Positive
Westell Technologies Neutral

73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Westell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.7% of Westell Technologies shares are held by 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KVH Industries$113.83M0.89-$15.42M-$0.56-9.13
Westell Technologies$29.96M1.05-$10.10MN/AN/A

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westell Technologies has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 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%

Summary

KVH Industries beats Westell Technologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSTL vs. The Competition

MetricWestell TechnologiesTelephone & Telegraph Apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$31.32M$1.21B$23.05B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A3.79%2.97%4.21%
P/E Ratio-3.5419.0342.1318.48
Price / Sales1.051.092,076.99103.59
Price / CashN/A23.2634.7234.62
Price / Book0.983.286.134.25
Net Income-$10.10M$4.68M$738.82M$248.23M

Westell Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSTL
Westell Technologies
N/A$1.98
+2.6%
N/AN/A$31.32M$29.96M-3.54101Gap Up
KVHI
KVH Industries
2.6231 of 5 stars
$4.93
-2.4%
N/A+6.5%$97.44M$113.83M-5.08650Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
3.693 of 5 stars
$1.25
-5.3%
$6.38
+410.0%
-27.1%$36.68M$496.64M-0.131,990Gap Down
AWRE
Aware
1.4374 of 5 stars
$1.55
+1.0%
N/A-15.3%$32.55M$17.39M-4.3180Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.8846 of 5 stars
$54.37
-2.5%
$65.58
+20.6%
+22.9%$216.30B$54.18B23.7483,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9689 of 5 stars
$136.14
-0.4%
$201.21
+47.8%
-10.5%$151.15B$40.70B14.5451,000Analyst Forecast
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
3.8967 of 5 stars
$160.05
-4.6%
$203.06
+26.9%
+28.5%$111.03B$8.57B90.1712,600Positive News
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6944 of 5 stars
$412.70
-2.0%
$515.25
+24.8%
+30.0%$68.91B$10.82B44.7620,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
FFIV
F5
3.6001 of 5 stars
$250.80
-3.0%
$289.67
+15.5%
+60.1%$14.46B$2.89B24.937,090Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
JNPR
Juniper Networks
3.4781 of 5 stars
$34.04
-0.8%
$39.80
+16.9%
+4.3%$11.44B$5.07B39.5810,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.5293 of 5 stars
$57.90
-3.7%
$78.69
+35.9%
+45.0%$8.23B$4.05B101.588,080

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This page (NASDAQ:WSTL) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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