ARLO vs. KN, ENFN, DBD, MGNI, HLIT, BASE, GENI, PDFS, GOGO, and MODN
Should you be buying Arlo Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arlo Technologies include Knowles (KN), Enfusion (ENFN), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Magnite (MGNI), Harmonic (HLIT), Couchbase (BASE), Genius Sports (GENI), PDF Solutions (PDFS), Gogo (GOGO), and Model N (MODN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Arlo Technologies (NYSE:ARLO) and Knowles (NYSE:KN) 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 profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Knowles has higher revenue and earnings than Arlo Technologies. Arlo Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knowles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Knowles has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Arlo Technologies' net margin of -4.49%. Knowles' return on equity of 6.02% beat Arlo Technologies' return on equity.
Arlo Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.58%. Knowles has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.47%. Given Arlo Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Arlo Technologies is more favorable than Knowles.
83.2% of Arlo Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Knowles shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Arlo Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Knowles shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arlo Technologies has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Knowles had 14 more articles in the media than Arlo Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Knowles and 10 mentions for Arlo Technologies. Arlo Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Knowles' score of 0.13 indicating that Arlo Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Knowles received 193 more outperform votes than Arlo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.92% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Arlo Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Knowles beats Arlo Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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