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KVH Industries (KVHI) Competitors

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$5.08 +0.01 (+0.20%)
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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.

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 earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KVH Industries-15.99% -3.96% -3.38%
Aviat Networks -0.56%4.33%1.98%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KVH IndustriesOutperform Votes
258
64.50%
Underperform Votes
142
35.50%
Aviat NetworksOutperform Votes
266
65.36%
Underperform Votes
141
34.64%

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$113.83M0.88-$15.42M-$0.56-9.07
Aviat Networks$434.11M0.51$10.76M-$0.20-87.05

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 1.34 beat KVH Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KVH Industries Neutral
Aviat Networks Positive

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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

KVH Industries has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aviat Networks has a consensus target price of $37.60, suggesting a potential upside of 115.97%. 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

Summary

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

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KVHI vs. The Competition

MetricKVH IndustriesRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$100.40M$10.19B$22.66B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A1.66%3.01%4.33%
P/E Ratio-5.2411.4941.4718.31
Price / Sales0.884.722,222.80107.09
Price / Cash6.5112.3534.6934.62
Price / Book0.686.936.024.25
Net Income-$15.42M$358.72M$735.88M$247.51M
7 Day Performance0.59%5.84%4.19%6.08%
1 Month Performance-3.24%-8.41%-4.03%-3.77%
1 Year Performance5.61%36.71%52,664.83%4.60%

KVH Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KVHI
KVH Industries
1.5915 of 5 stars
$5.08
+0.2%
N/A+4.1%$100.40M$113.83M-5.24650
AVNW
Aviat Networks
3.2968 of 5 stars
$16.87
-2.0%
$37.60
+122.9%
-48.7%$213.98M$434.11M-84.35710Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
2.9355 of 5 stars
$1.25
-5.3%
$6.38
+410.0%
-14.6%$36.68M$496.64M-0.131,990News Coverage
AWRE
Aware
0.875 of 5 stars
$1.55
+1.0%
N/A-3.5%$32.87M$17.39M-4.3180Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.797 of 5 stars
$54.37
-2.5%
$65.58
+20.6%
+15.1%$216.30B$54.18B23.7483,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9836 of 5 stars
$136.14
-0.4%
$201.21
+47.8%
-12.9%$150.57B$40.70B14.5451,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.747 of 5 stars
$160.05
-4.6%
$203.06
+26.9%
+14.7%$105.97B$8.57B90.1712,600Positive News
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.4154 of 5 stars
$412.70
-2.0%
$515.25
+24.8%
+22.8%$68.91B$10.82B44.7620,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
FFIV
F5
3.987 of 5 stars
$250.80
-3.0%
$289.67
+15.5%
+45.6%$14.46B$2.89B24.937,090Upcoming Earnings
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.0673 of 5 stars
$34.04
-0.8%
$39.80
+16.9%
-1.6%$11.34B$5.07B39.5810,900Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.5761 of 5 stars
$57.90
-3.7%
$78.69
+35.9%
+39.9%$8.23B$4.05B101.588,080Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:KVHI) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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