NTGR vs. DZSI, INFN, AUDC, CLFD, HEAR, FARO, MIXT, UIS, FORR, and EGHT
Should you be buying NETGEAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NETGEAR include DZS (DZSI), Infinera (INFN), AudioCodes (AUDC), Clearfield (CLFD), Turtle Beach (HEAR), FARO Technologies (FARO), MiX Telematics (MIXT), Unisys (UIS), Forrester Research (FORR), and 8X8 (EGHT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR) and DZS (NASDAQ:DZSI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
NETGEAR has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DZS has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NETGEAR had 1 more articles in the media than DZS. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NETGEAR and 3 mentions for DZS. NETGEAR's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat DZS's score of 0.00 indicating that NETGEAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DZS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NETGEAR. NETGEAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DZS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NETGEAR presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.28%. DZS has a consensus target price of $6.67, suggesting a potential upside of 338.60%. Given DZS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DZS is more favorable than NETGEAR.
DZS has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NETGEAR's net margin of -15.69%. DZS's return on equity of 0.00% beat NETGEAR's return on equity.
NETGEAR received 146 more outperform votes than DZS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.37% of users gave NETGEAR an outperform vote while only 53.81% of users gave DZS an outperform vote.
83.0% of NETGEAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.8% of DZS shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of NETGEAR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of DZS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DZS beats NETGEAR on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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