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$5.57 -0.37 (-6.23%)
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ALLT vs. SILC, LTRX, FOXX, BOSC, INTZ, HUBC, WLDS, CSCO, IBM, and ANET

Should you be buying Allot Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allot Communications include Silicom (SILC), Lantronix (LTRX), Foxx Development (FOXX), B.O.S. Better Online Solutions (BOSC), Intrusion (INTZ), HUB Cyber Security (HUBC), Wearable Devices (WLDS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), International Business Machines (IBM), and Arista Networks (ANET). These companies are all part of the "computer & office equipment" industry.

Allot Communications vs.

Silicom (NASDAQ:SILC) and Allot Communications (NASDAQ:ALLT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Silicom has a net margin of -20.66% compared to Allot Communications' net margin of -26.69%. Silicom's return on equity of -8.83% beat Allot Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Silicom-20.66% -8.83% -7.66%
Allot Communications -26.69%-48.04%-17.03%

52.8% of Silicom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.5% of Allot Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of Silicom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Allot Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Allot Communications had 3 more articles in the media than Silicom. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Allot Communications and 3 mentions for Silicom. Silicom's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Allot Communications' score of 0.24 indicating that Silicom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Silicom
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Allot Communications
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Allot Communications received 218 more outperform votes than Silicom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.80% of users gave Silicom an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Allot Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SilicomOutperform Votes
247
68.80%
Underperform Votes
112
31.20%
Allot CommunicationsOutperform Votes
465
60.70%
Underperform Votes
301
39.30%

Silicom currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.03%. Allot Communications has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 118.86%. Given Allot Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Allot Communications is more favorable than Silicom.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Silicom
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Allot Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Silicom has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Allot Communications. Allot Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Silicom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Silicom$58.11M1.56-$12M-$2.00-6.71
Allot Communications$92.20M2.55-$62.80M-$0.16-37.13

Silicom has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allot Communications has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Allot Communications beats Silicom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ALLT vs. The Competition

MetricAllot CommunicationsComputer & office equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$234.81M$31.47B$7.02B$7.57B
Dividend YieldN/A3.10%2.70%4.32%
P/E Ratio-9.1414.0729.7317.82
Price / Sales2.552.69154.9794.61
Price / CashN/A23.2231.6134.64
Price / Book4.475.714.564.00
Net Income-$62.80M$1.31B$195.82M$247.23M
7 Day Performance10.41%-2.74%-0.27%1.44%
1 Month Performance6.83%7.45%-6.20%-6.26%
1 Year Performance181.52%3,683,101.71%4.18%0.59%

Allot Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALLT
Allot Communications
2.236 of 5 stars
$5.57
-6.2%
$13.00
+133.4%
+170.0%$220.19M$92.20M-8.57N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
SILC
Silicom
3.1236 of 5 stars
$13.12
-2.1%
$20.00
+52.4%
-11.9%$88.64M$58.11M-6.56320Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
LTRX
Lantronix
2.4526 of 5 stars
$1.99
-1.0%
$6.00
+201.5%
-35.4%$77.19M$155.84M-15.31350Short Interest ↑
FOXX
Foxx Development
N/A$4.94
+3.3%
N/AN/A$35.97M$42.99M0.00N/AGap Down
BOSC
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions
2.7921 of 5 stars
$3.46
-2.8%
$5.00
+44.5%
+28.3%$19.93M$40.45M8.8780Positive News
Gap Down
INTZ
Intrusion
1.825 of 5 stars
$0.93
+1.6%
$6.00
+544.9%
-56.2%$18.16M$5.77M-0.4960Short Interest ↑
HUBC
HUB Cyber Security
N/A$2.90
-6.1%
N/A-84.8%$10.12M$33.36M0.00720Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
WLDS
Wearable Devices
0.2971 of 5 stars
$2.04
+3.6%
N/A-95.6%$1.44M$522,000.000.0020Short Interest ↑
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7764 of 5 stars
$54.41
-0.2%
$66.63
+22.5%
+18.6%$216.46B$54.18B23.7690,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
IBM
International Business Machines
4.2718 of 5 stars
$225.54
-0.9%
$231.13
+2.5%
+32.8%$209.13B$62.75B35.19311,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ANET
Arista Networks
4.7834 of 5 stars
$68.12
+5.8%
$114.00
+67.4%
+11.2%$85.91B$7.00B30.684,412Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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