KN vs. ARLO, COHU, ACMR, CTS, PAR, VICR, ZUO, EVBG, EXTR, and CSGS
Should you be buying Knowles stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knowles include Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Cohu (COHU), ACM Research (ACMR), CTS (CTS), PAR Technology (PAR), Vicor (VICR), Zuora (ZUO), Everbridge (EVBG), Extreme Networks (EXTR), and CSG Systems International (CSGS). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Arlo Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Knowles has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.82%. Given Knowles' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Arlo Technologies is more favorable than Knowles.
Knowles has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Knowles' net margin of -4.49%. Arlo Technologies' return on equity of 5.98% beat Knowles' return on equity.
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.
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.
Arlo Technologies has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Knowles had 10 more articles in the media than Arlo Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Knowles and 10 mentions for Arlo Technologies. Knowles' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Arlo Technologies' score of 0.26 indicating that Arlo Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.2% of Arlo Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of Knowles shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Arlo Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Knowles shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Knowles beats Arlo Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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