AudioCodes (AUDC) Competitors

AudioCodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) and Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AUDC or NSSC?

Napco Security Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AudioCodes. Napco Security Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AudioCodes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AudioCodes	$244.38M	1.33	$8.78M	$0.40	26.85
Napco Security Technologies	$188.82M	6.79	$49.82M	$1.36	25.71

Is AUDC or NSSC more profitable?

Napco Security Technologies has a net margin of 26.43% compared to AudioCodes' net margin of 4.99%. Napco Security Technologies' return on equity of 29.56% beat AudioCodes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AudioCodes	4.99%	8.85%	4.97%
Napco Security Technologies	26.43%	29.56%	25.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, AUDC or NSSC?

AudioCodes has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Napco Security Technologies has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AUDC or NSSC?

68.1% of AudioCodes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.8% of AudioCodes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Napco Security Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AUDC or NSSC a better dividend stock?

AudioCodes pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Napco Security Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AudioCodes pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Napco Security Technologies pays out 36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer AUDC or NSSC?

AudioCodes presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.89%. Napco Security Technologies has a consensus price target of $46.43, indicating a potential upside of 32.80%. Given Napco Security Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Napco Security Technologies is more favorable than AudioCodes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AudioCodes	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Napco Security Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AUDC or NSSC?

AudioCodes received 72 more outperform votes than Napco Security Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.11% of users gave AudioCodes an outperform vote while only 61.81% of users gave Napco Security Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AudioCodes	Outperform Votes 352 71.11%	Underperform Votes 143 28.89%
Napco Security Technologies	Outperform Votes 280 61.81%	Underperform Votes 173 38.19%

Does the media prefer AUDC or NSSC?

In the previous week, AudioCodes had 2 more articles in the media than Napco Security Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AudioCodes and 3 mentions for Napco Security Technologies. Napco Security Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat AudioCodes' score of 0.68 indicating that Napco Security Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AudioCodes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Napco Security Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Napco Security Technologies beats AudioCodes on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.