MKFG vs. RDCM, LTRX, KOPN, ALOT, SILC, INVE, TACT, HUBC, WLDS, and EVLVW
Should you be buying Markforged stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Markforged include RADCOM (RDCM), Lantronix (LTRX), Kopin (KOPN), AstroNova (ALOT), Silicom (SILC), Identiv (INVE), TransAct Technologies (TACT), HUB Cyber Security (HUBC), Wearable Devices (WLDS), and Evolv Technologies (EVLVW). These companies are all part of the "computer hardware" industry.
Markforged (NYSE:MKFG) and RADCOM (NASDAQ:RDCM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
RADCOM has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Markforged. Markforged is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RADCOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Markforged had 1 more articles in the media than RADCOM. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Markforged and 3 mentions for RADCOM. RADCOM's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Markforged's score of 0.00 indicating that RADCOM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RADCOM received 320 more outperform votes than Markforged when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.33% of users gave RADCOM an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Markforged an outperform vote.
RADCOM has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Markforged's net margin of -133.52%. RADCOM's return on equity of 5.36% beat Markforged's return on equity.
87.3% of Markforged shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of RADCOM shares are held by institutional investors. 34.7% of Markforged shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.0% of RADCOM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Markforged currently has a consensus price target of $1.33, indicating a potential upside of 238.32%. RADCOM has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.61%. Given Markforged's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Markforged is more favorable than RADCOM.
Markforged has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RADCOM has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RADCOM beats Markforged on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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