VHC vs. REFR, DTSS, EMKR, WETH, SONM, NEON, KOSS, TRUG, AMPG, and CLRO
Should you be buying VirnetX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirnetX include Research Frontiers (REFR), Datasea (DTSS), EMCORE (EMKR), Wetouch Technology (WETH), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Neonode (NEON), Koss (KOSS), TruGolf (TRUG), AmpliTech Group (AMPG), and ClearOne (CLRO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
VirnetX (NYSE:VHC) and Research Frontiers (NASDAQ:REFR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
Research Frontiers has higher revenue and earnings than VirnetX. Research Frontiers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VirnetX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VirnetX received 38 more outperform votes than Research Frontiers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.89% of users gave VirnetX an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Research Frontiers an outperform vote.
VirnetX has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Research Frontiers has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
10.4% of VirnetX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Research Frontiers shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of VirnetX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Research Frontiers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Research Frontiers has a net margin of -210.01% compared to VirnetX's net margin of -374,891.66%. VirnetX's return on equity of -42.57% beat Research Frontiers' return on equity.
In the previous week, Research Frontiers had 2 more articles in the media than VirnetX. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Research Frontiers and 0 mentions for VirnetX. Research Frontiers' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat VirnetX's score of 0.00 indicating that Research Frontiers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
VirnetX beats Research Frontiers on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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