ITI vs. REKR, INSG, HEAR, MX, OOMA, OPRX, ASUR, ULBI, EGAN, and BZUN
Should you be buying Iteris stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Iteris include Rekor Systems (REKR), Inseego (INSG), Turtle Beach (HEAR), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), Ooma (OOMA), OptimizeRx (OPRX), Asure Software (ASUR), Ultralife (ULBI), eGain (EGAN), and Baozun (BZUN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Iteris (NASDAQ:ITI) and Rekor Systems (NASDAQ:REKR) 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 valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
51.2% of Iteris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Iteris shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Rekor Systems shares are held by company 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.
Iteris has a net margin of 1.45% compared to Rekor Systems' net margin of -133.98%. Iteris' return on equity of 3.76% beat Rekor Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Rekor Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Iteris. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rekor Systems and 2 mentions for Iteris. Iteris' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Rekor Systems' score of -0.24 indicating that Iteris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Iteris has higher revenue and earnings than Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iteris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Iteris received 220 more outperform votes than Rekor Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.94% of users gave Iteris an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Rekor Systems an outperform vote.
Iteris currently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 109.23%. Rekor Systems has a consensus target price of $3.88, indicating a potential upside of 193.56%. Given Rekor Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rekor Systems is more favorable than Iteris.
Iteris has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rekor Systems has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Iteris beats Rekor Systems on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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