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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. Its Competitors

KVH Industries (NASDAQ:KVHI) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

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$113.83M0.91-$11.05M-$0.49-10.80
Aviat Networks$408.08M0.72$10.76M-$0.20-116.10

Aviat Networks has a net margin of -0.53% compared to KVH Industries' net margin of -8.72%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 5.06% beat KVH Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KVH Industries-8.72% -4.47% -3.91%
Aviat Networks -0.53%5.06%2.18%

73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of KVH Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Aviat Networks had 1 more articles in the media than KVH Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aviat Networks and 2 mentions for KVH Industries. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Aviat Networks' score of 0.92 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KVH Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aviat Networks
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aviat Networks has a consensus price target of $37.60, suggesting a potential upside of 61.93%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Summary

Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KVHI vs. The Competition

MetricKVH IndustriesCommunications Components IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$102.70M$3.59B$28.35B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.62%3.12%4.05%
P/E Ratio-10.8059.0633.0019.68
Price / Sales0.912.031,718.95100.43
Price / Cash11.7317.9437.5857.53
Price / Book0.762.377.635.67
Net Income-$11.05M-$16.41M$779.73M$257.51M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.75%0.16%0.52%
1 Month Performance-1.49%8.21%5.74%8.84%
1 Year Performance16.01%12.32%52,677.60%14.18%

KVH Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KVHI
KVH Industries
2.3145 of 5 stars
$5.29
+1.0%
N/A+15.4%$102.70M$113.83M-10.80650
AVNW
Aviat Networks
3.5662 of 5 stars
$24.32
-2.0%
$37.60
+54.6%
-19.4%$316.09M$408.08M-121.60710
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
4.2223 of 5 stars
$2.50
-3.8%
$6.00
+140.0%
-24.8%$76.43M$540.40M-0.251,990
AWRE
Aware
0.6374 of 5 stars
$1.83
flat
N/A+18.9%$38.60M$17.39M-7.3280Trending News
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CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.6504 of 5 stars
$68.93
-0.6%
$69.53
+0.9%
+41.7%$274.71B$53.80B28.1390,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9708 of 5 stars
$158.09
-2.5%
$188.00
+18.9%
-25.9%$178.11B$38.96B16.1049,000Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.1154 of 5 stars
$201.42
-0.2%
$208.00
+3.3%
+12.8%$134.57B$8.03B115.1015,289Positive News
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.9775 of 5 stars
$426.20
+0.3%
$513.25
+20.4%
+3.7%$70.91B$10.82B35.5821,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FFIV
F5
4.09 of 5 stars
$299.26
-0.3%
$282.56
-5.6%
+62.6%$17.24B$2.82B28.396,557News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JNPR
Juniper Networks
2.7661 of 5 stars
$39.95
flat
$40.00
+0.1%
N/A$13.36B$5.20B38.053,519
CIEN
Ciena
4.0793 of 5 stars
$80.11
-1.6%
$84.31
+5.2%
+69.0%$11.50B$4.01B111.268,657

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This page (NASDAQ:KVHI) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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