KVHI vs. AVNW, CMTL, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, and CIEN
Should you be buying KVH Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KVH Industries include Aviat Networks (AVNW), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), Aware (AWRE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and Ciena (CIEN). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
KVH Industries vs.
KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Aviat Networks received 8 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.
Aviat Networks has a consensus target price of $37.60, indicating a potential upside of 86.05%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than KVH Industries.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of -0.56% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -15.99%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 4.33% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, KVH Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for KVH Industries and 2 mentions for Aviat Networks. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Aviat Networks' score of 1.04 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KVH Industries has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than KVH Industries. Aviat Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KVH Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of KVH Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:KVHI) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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