COMM vs. CRNT, GILT, SATL, AVNW, CMBM, KVHI, VUZI, CMTL, PL, and WBX
Should you be buying CommScope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CommScope include Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), Satellogic (SATL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Cambium Networks (CMBM), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Planet Labs PBC (PL), and Wallbox (WBX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT) and CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Ceragon Networks presently has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 95.17%. CommScope has a consensus target price of $4.02, indicating a potential upside of 240.68%. Given Ceragon Networks' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CommScope is more favorable than Ceragon Networks.
Ceragon Networks has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CommScope. CommScope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceragon Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CommScope had 4 more articles in the media than Ceragon Networks. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CommScope and 5 mentions for Ceragon Networks. CommScope's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Ceragon Networks' score of 0.58 indicating that Ceragon Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
13.3% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of CommScope shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CommScope received 147 more outperform votes than Ceragon Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote while only 63.93% of users gave Ceragon Networks an outperform vote.
Ceragon Networks has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ceragon Networks has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Ceragon Networks' net margin of -30.88%. CommScope's return on equity of 10.76% beat Ceragon Networks' return on equity.
Summary
Ceragon Networks beats CommScope on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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