KE vs. NN, DQ, JKS, AAOI, PENG, COMM, AIOT, ICHR, BELFA, and SEDG
Should you be buying Kimball Electronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimball Electronics include NextNav (NN), Daqo New Energy (DQ), JinkoSolar (JKS), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), Penguin Solutions (PENG), CommScope (COMM), Powerfleet (AIOT), Ichor (ICHR), Bel Fuse (BELFA), and SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Kimball Electronics vs.
Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) and NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) 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 media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Kimball Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.69%. NextNav has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.49%. Given NextNav's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NextNav is more favorable than Kimball Electronics.
Kimball Electronics received 284 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Kimball Electronics an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NextNav had 1 more articles in the media than Kimball Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NextNav and 1 mentions for Kimball Electronics. Kimball Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat NextNav's score of 0.00 indicating that Kimball Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 0.51% compared to NextNav's net margin of -1,732.92%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 5.48% beat NextNav's return on equity.
Kimball Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. NextNav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of NextNav shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kimball Electronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of NextNav shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNav has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kimball Electronics beats NextNav on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
