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KVH Industries (KVHI) Competitors

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$5.31 +0.05 (+0.95%)
(As of 01:48 PM ET)

KVHI vs. AVNW, CMTL, AWRE, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, CIEN, and JNPR

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), Ciena (CIEN), and Juniper Networks (JNPR). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Aviat Networks has a net margin of -0.98% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -15.99%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 4.94% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KVH Industries-15.99% -3.96% -3.38%
Aviat Networks -0.98%4.94%2.37%

Aviat Networks received 7 more outperform votes than KVH Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.43% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave KVH Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KVH IndustriesOutperform Votes
258
64.50%
Underperform Votes
142
35.50%
Aviat NetworksOutperform Votes
265
65.43%
Underperform Votes
140
34.57%

Aviat Networks has a consensus price target of $38.60, suggesting a potential upside of 128.67%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than KVH Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KVH Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Aviat Networks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KVH Industries$118.37M0.89-$15.42M-$0.97-5.47
Aviat Networks$409.60M0.52$10.76M-$0.31-54.45

In the previous week, Aviat Networks had 1 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aviat Networks and 0 mentions for KVH Industries. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.42 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KVH Industries Neutral
Aviat Networks Positive

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KVHI vs. The Competition

MetricKVH IndustriesRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$105.13M$11.61B$26.62B$9.27B
Dividend YieldN/A1.60%2.79%4.29%
P/E Ratio-5.4715.71239.6917.27
Price / Sales0.895.902,717.75119.60
Price / Cash6.3816.0536.0237.83
Price / Book0.7117.827.364.93
Net Income-$15.42M$254.60M$681.08M$225.34M
7 Day Performance-8.13%1.77%1.72%1.13%
1 Month Performance1.14%17.02%7.06%2.76%
1 Year Performance6.84%41.46%23.04%16.90%

KVH Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.518 of 5 stars
$5.31
+1.0%
N/A+5.8%$105.13M$118.37M-5.47650Gap Up
AVNW
Aviat Networks
4.0376 of 5 stars
$16.98
+0.8%
$38.60
+127.3%
-47.8%$215.48M$409.60M-54.77710Positive News
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
4.1669 of 5 stars
$3.99
+8.1%
$6.38
+59.8%
-53.6%$116.21M$540.40M-0.851,676News Coverage
AWRE
Aware
1.1336 of 5 stars
$1.52
-0.3%
N/A-13.9%$32.23M$16.97M-4.2280Analyst Forecast
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7691 of 5 stars
$58.70
+0.3%
$60.28
+2.7%
+17.7%$233.79B$52.98B25.1990,400
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9867 of 5 stars
$157.93
+3.3%
$208.00
+31.7%
+10.3%$175.46B$38.96B17.5749,000
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.4889 of 5 stars
$188.90
+1.1%
$201.40
+6.6%
+26.2%$123.96B$8.29B24.6015,289Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6348 of 5 stars
$467.56
-0.5%
$504.88
+8.0%
+51.6%$78.14B$10.66B51.2121,000
FFIV
F5
4.1177 of 5 stars
$253.10
+0.3%
$237.11
-6.3%
+42.1%$14.84B$2.82B26.476,557
CIEN
Ciena
4.4785 of 5 stars
$87.92
+0.6%
$77.00
-12.4%
+98.4%$12.70B$4.01B93.538,483
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.1399 of 5 stars
$37.31
+0.2%
$39.50
+5.9%
+27.3%$12.35B$5.03B49.093,374

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This page (NASDAQ:KVHI) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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