CLRO vs. JCS, WSTL, DZSI, FKWL, PEGY, SONM, AKTS, MINM, FN, and CIEN
Should you be buying ClearOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ClearOne include Communications Systems (JCS), Westell Technologies (WSTL), DZS (DZSI), Franklin Wireless (FKWL), Pineapple Energy (PEGY), Sonim Technologies (SONM), Akoustis Technologies (AKTS), Minim (MINM), Fabrinet (FN), and Ciena (CIEN).
Communications Systems (NASDAQ:JCS) and ClearOne (NASDAQ:CLRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Communications Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ClearOne. ClearOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Communications Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Communications Systems has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearOne has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Communications Systems has a net margin of 12.99% compared to Communications Systems' net margin of -8.96%. Communications Systems' return on equity of -12.92% beat ClearOne's return on equity.
In the previous week, Communications Systems had 1 more articles in the media than ClearOne. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Communications Systems and 2 mentions for ClearOne. Communications Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat ClearOne's score of 0.00 indicating that ClearOne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
53.1% of Communications Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of ClearOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Communications Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ClearOne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ClearOne received 52 more outperform votes than Communications Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.36% of users gave ClearOne an outperform vote while only 45.22% of users gave Communications Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Communications Systems and ClearOne tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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