PL vs. AVNW, GILT, CRNT, COMM, HLIT, LASR, NNDM, SCWX, KE, and ALNT
Should you be buying Planet Labs PBC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Labs PBC include Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), CommScope (COMM), Harmonic (HLIT), nLIGHT (LASR), Nano Dimension (NNDM), SecureWorks (SCWX), Kimball Electronics (KE), and Allient (ALNT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Aviat Networks currently has a consensus target price of $54.75, indicating a potential upside of 64.71%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus target price of $4.68, indicating a potential upside of 166.54%. Given Aviat Networks' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Aviat Networks.
Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aviat Networks received 237 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 36.11% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Planet Labs PBC had 10 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Planet Labs PBC and 4 mentions for Aviat Networks. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aviat Networks' score of -0.19 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Aviat Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Planet Labs PBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of 4.23% compared to Aviat Networks' net margin of -63.67%. Planet Labs PBC's return on equity of 15.11% beat Aviat Networks' return on equity.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aviat Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats Planet Labs PBC on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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