CommScope (COMM) Competitors

SiTime (NASDAQ:SITM) and CommScope (NASDAQ:COMM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SITM or COMM?

CommScope received 448 more outperform votes than SiTime when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.07% of users gave SiTime an outperform vote while only 65.69% of users gave CommScope an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiTime	Outperform Votes 113 68.07%	Underperform Votes 53 31.93%
CommScope	Outperform Votes 561 65.69%	Underperform Votes 293 34.31%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SITM or COMM?

84.3% of SiTime shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of CommScope shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of SiTime shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of CommScope shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SITM or COMM?

In the previous week, SiTime had 2 more articles in the media than CommScope. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for SiTime and 12 mentions for CommScope. SiTime's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat CommScope's score of 0.87 indicating that SiTime is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiTime	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CommScope	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate SITM or COMM?

SiTime currently has a consensus price target of $232.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.82%. CommScope has a consensus price target of $4.75, indicating a potential upside of 30.49%. Given SiTime's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SiTime is more favorable than CommScope.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiTime	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
CommScope	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Which has more volatility & risk, SITM or COMM?

SiTime has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommScope has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SITM or COMM?

SiTime has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CommScope. SiTime is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommScope, 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
SiTime	$202.70M	16.09	-$93.60M	-$4.05	-34.13
CommScope	$4.21B	0.19	-$1.45B	-$1.92	-1.90

Is SITM or COMM more profitable?

CommScope has a net margin of -18.10% compared to SiTime's net margin of -46.18%. CommScope's return on equity of -1.01% beat SiTime's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiTime	-46.18%	-10.12%	-7.86%
CommScope	-18.10%	-1.01%	0.37%

Summary

CommScope beats SiTime on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.