CRNT vs. PL, AVNW, GILT, COMM, BKSY, SATL, KVHI, VUZI, CMBM, and CMTL
Should you be buying Ceragon Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceragon Networks include Planet Labs PBC (PL), Aviat Networks (AVNW), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), CommScope (COMM), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Satellogic (SATL), KVH Industries (KVHI), Vuzix (VUZI), Cambium Networks (CMBM), and Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL). These companies are all part of the "radio & t.v. communications equipment" industry.
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) and Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Ceragon Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceragon Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Planet Labs PBC has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceragon Networks has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ceragon Networks had 2 more articles in the media than Planet Labs PBC. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ceragon Networks and 1 mentions for Planet Labs PBC. Planet Labs PBC's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Ceragon Networks' score of 0.33 indicating that Ceragon Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Labs PBC currently has a consensus target price of $4.68, suggesting a potential upside of 154.23%. Ceragon Networks has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 104.28%. Given Ceragon Networks' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Planet Labs PBC is more favorable than Ceragon Networks.
Ceragon Networks has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Ceragon Networks' net margin of -63.67%. Planet Labs PBC's return on equity of 10.76% beat Ceragon Networks' return on equity.
Ceragon Networks received 401 more outperform votes than Planet Labs PBC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave Ceragon Networks an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Planet Labs PBC an outperform vote.
41.7% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Planet Labs PBC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of Ceragon Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ceragon Networks beats Planet Labs PBC on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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