Xunlei (XNET) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer VTEX or XNET?

VTEX presently has a consensus target price of $8.07, indicating a potential upside of 26.64%. Given VTEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe VTEX is more favorable than Xunlei.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VTEX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Xunlei	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is VTEX or XNET more profitable?

Xunlei has a net margin of 4.65% compared to VTEX's net margin of 3.97%. Xunlei's return on equity of 4.47% beat VTEX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VTEX	3.97%	3.60%	2.53%
Xunlei	4.65%	4.47%	3.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTEX or XNET?

Xunlei received 151 more outperform votes than VTEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave Xunlei an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave VTEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VTEX	Outperform Votes 26 53.06%	Underperform Votes 23 46.94%
Xunlei	Outperform Votes 177 66.29%	Underperform Votes 90 33.71%

Which has better earnings and valuation, VTEX or XNET?

Xunlei has higher revenue and earnings than VTEX. Xunlei is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VTEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VTEX	$228.24M	5.10	-$13.69M	$0.09	70.78
Xunlei	$323.14M	1.12	$14.23M	-$0.06	-96.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VTEX or XNET?

63.7% of VTEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Xunlei shares are held by institutional investors. 40.9% of VTEX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Xunlei shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, VTEX or XNET?

VTEX has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xunlei has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VTEX or XNET?

In the previous week, Xunlei had 2 more articles in the media than VTEX. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Xunlei and 3 mentions for VTEX. VTEX's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Xunlei's score of 0.64 indicating that VTEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VTEX	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xunlei	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

VTEX beats Xunlei on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.