ClearOne (CLRO) Competitors

Airgain (NASDAQ:AIRG) and ClearOne (NASDAQ:CLRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is AIRG or CLRO more profitable?

Airgain has a net margin of -21.96% compared to ClearOne's net margin of -32.88%. ClearOne's return on equity of -25.59% beat Airgain's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airgain	-21.96%	-29.90%	-21.77%
ClearOne	-32.88%	-25.59%	-19.76%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AIRG or CLRO?

ClearOne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Airgain. Airgain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ClearOne, 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
Airgain	$55.59M	1.61	-$12.43M	-$1.14	-6.90
ClearOne	$18.70M	0.80	-$560K	-$0.18	-3.46

Do analysts prefer AIRG or CLRO?

Airgain currently has a consensus price target of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 49.30%. Given Airgain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Airgain is more favorable than ClearOne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airgain	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ClearOne	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AIRG or CLRO?

52.8% of Airgain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of ClearOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of Airgain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of ClearOne shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AIRG or CLRO?

Airgain received 66 more outperform votes than ClearOne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.10% of users gave Airgain an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave ClearOne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airgain	Outperform Votes 326 62.10%	Underperform Votes 199 37.90%
ClearOne	Outperform Votes 260 56.03%	Underperform Votes 204 43.97%

Does the media favor AIRG or CLRO?

In the previous week, ClearOne had 2 more articles in the media than Airgain. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ClearOne and 1 mentions for Airgain. ClearOne's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Airgain's score of -0.27 indicating that ClearOne is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Airgain	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ClearOne	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AIRG or CLRO?

Airgain has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ClearOne has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Airgain beats ClearOne on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.