LTRX vs. SILC, ALLT, BOSC, HUBC, INTZ, WLDS, DGII, ATEN, CSCO, and IBM
Should you be buying Lantronix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lantronix include Silicom (SILC), Allot Communications (ALLT), B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (BOSC), HUB Cyber Security (HUBC), Intrusion (INTZ), Wearable Devices (WLDS), Digi International (DGII), A10 Networks (ATEN), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and International Business Machines (IBM). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.
Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Lantronix (NASDAQ:LTRX) 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 earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Silicom and Silicom both had 3 articles in the media. Lantronix's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Silicom's score of 0.74 indicating that Silicom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
52.9% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Lantronix shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Lantronix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lantronix has higher revenue and earnings than Silicom. Lantronix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lantronix has a net margin of -4.48% compared to Lantronix's net margin of -9.80%. Lantronix's return on equity of -5.97% beat Silicom's return on equity.
Silicom has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lantronix has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Silicom presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.79%. Lantronix has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 113.57%. Given Silicom's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lantronix is more favorable than Silicom.
Lantronix received 5 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Lantronix an outperform vote.
Summary
Lantronix beats Silicom on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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