CLFD vs. PL, NN, DQ, JKS, AAOI, PENG, COMM, AIOT, ICHR, and BELFA
Should you be buying Clearfield stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearfield include Planet Labs PBC (PL), NextNav (NN), Daqo New Energy (DQ), JinkoSolar (JKS), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Penguin Solutions (PENG), CommScope (COMM), Powerfleet (AIOT), Ichor (ICHR), and Bel Fuse (BELFA). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Clearfield vs.
Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Clearfield has a net margin of -5.41% compared to Planet Labs PBC's net margin of -48.88%. Clearfield's return on equity of -3.31% beat Planet Labs PBC's return on equity.
Clearfield currently has a consensus price target of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 43.32%. Planet Labs PBC has a consensus price target of $6.27, suggesting a potential upside of 15.15%. Given Clearfield's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clearfield is more favorable than Planet Labs PBC.
Clearfield has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clearfield had 4 more articles in the media than Planet Labs PBC. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Clearfield and 3 mentions for Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Clearfield's score of 0.26 indicating that Planet Labs PBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.7% of Clearfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Clearfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Clearfield received 270 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.69% of users gave Clearfield an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
Clearfield has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Planet Labs PBC. Clearfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Planet Labs PBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Clearfield beats Planet Labs PBC on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CLFD) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
