CMTL vs. CMBM, KVHI, AWRE, CAMP, CRNT, COMM, GILT, LORL, QCOM, and CSCO
Should you be buying Comtech Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comtech Telecommunications include Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Aware (AWRE), CalAmp (CAMP), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), CommScope (COMM), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Loral Space & Communications Inc. (LORL), QUALCOMM (QCOM), and Cisco Systems (CSCO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ:CMTL) and Cambium Networks (NASDAQ:CMBM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Comtech Telecommunications has higher revenue and earnings than Cambium Networks. Comtech Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cambium Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.2% of Cambium Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Comtech Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.3% of Cambium Networks shares are owned by 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.
Comtech Telecommunications presently has a consensus price target of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 391.97%. Cambium Networks has a consensus price target of $10.33, indicating a potential upside of 221.91%. Given Comtech Telecommunications' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Comtech Telecommunications is more favorable than Cambium Networks.
In the previous week, Cambium Networks had 12 more articles in the media than Comtech Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cambium Networks and 1 mentions for Comtech Telecommunications. Cambium Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Comtech Telecommunications' score of 0.19 indicating that Cambium Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comtech Telecommunications has a net margin of -4.02% compared to Cambium Networks' net margin of -50.94%. Comtech Telecommunications' return on equity of -0.25% beat Cambium Networks' return on equity.
Comtech Telecommunications has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cambium Networks has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Comtech Telecommunications received 183 more outperform votes than Cambium Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.62% of users gave Cambium Networks an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Comtech Telecommunications an outperform vote.
Summary
Comtech Telecommunications and Cambium Networks tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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