REKR vs. PWFL, HEAR, ITI, INSG, KSCP, SNT, UTSI, ALPP, VISL, and AMPG
Should you be buying Rekor Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rekor Systems include PowerFleet (PWFL), Turtle Beach (HEAR), Iteris (ITI), Inseego (INSG), Knightscope (KSCP), Senstar Technologies (SNT), UTStarcom (UTSI), Alpine 4 (ALPP), Vislink Technologies (VISL), and AmpliTech Group (AMPG). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PowerFleet (NASDAQ:PWFL) and Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
PowerFleet currently has a consensus target price of $8.43, indicating a potential upside of 83.63%. Rekor Systems has a consensus target price of $3.88, indicating a potential upside of 143.71%. Given PowerFleet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rekor Systems is more favorable than PowerFleet.
PowerFleet has higher revenue and earnings than Rekor Systems. PowerFleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rekor Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rekor Systems had 1 more articles in the media than PowerFleet. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Rekor Systems and 0 mentions for PowerFleet. PowerFleet's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Rekor Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Rekor Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PowerFleet has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rekor Systems has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.4% of PowerFleet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of PowerFleet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Rekor Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rekor Systems received 9 more outperform votes than PowerFleet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.57% of users gave Rekor Systems an outperform vote while only 40.52% of users gave PowerFleet an outperform vote.
PowerFleet has a net margin of -3.86% compared to PowerFleet's net margin of -133.98%. Rekor Systems' return on equity of -6.61% beat PowerFleet's return on equity.
Summary
Rekor Systems beats PowerFleet on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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