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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.

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

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

78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Aviat Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of KVH Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Aviat Networks$408.08M0.58$10.76M-$0.31-60.50
KVH Industries$132.38M0.90-$15.42M-$0.97-6.20

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
Aviat Networks-0.98% 4.94% 2.37%
KVH Industries -15.99%-3.96%-3.38%

Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KVH Industries has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aviat Networks currently has a consensus price target of $38.60, indicating a potential upside of 105.81%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than KVH Industries.

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

In the previous week, KVH Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for KVH Industries and 3 mentions for Aviat Networks. KVH Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Aviat Networks' score of 0.31 indicating that KVH Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Aviat Networks beats KVH Industries on 13 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$119.35M$12.67B$26.61B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A1.48%2.72%3.98%
P/E Ratio-6.2116.32236.2417.56
Price / Sales0.905.283,337.7082.83
Price / Cash6.5817.0036.0737.67
Price / Book0.8018.928.454.74
Net Income-$15.42M$264.39M$673.61M$224.51M
7 Day Performance-0.50%-5.36%-0.46%-0.19%
1 Month Performance7.71%-3.94%2.17%4.66%
1 Year Performance21.41%41.48%22.48%19.44%

KVH Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KVHI
KVH Industries
2.2192 of 5 stars
$6.04
flat
N/A+24.5%$119.59M$132.38M-6.23650Short Interest ↓
AVNW
Aviat Networks
3.8163 of 5 stars
$18.59
-4.5%
$38.60
+107.6%
-42.7%$235.27M$408.08M-59.81710Upcoming Earnings
CMTL
Comtech Telecommunications
4.1653 of 5 stars
$2.26
-7.6%
$6.38
+181.6%
-70.0%$65.63M$540.40M-0.231,676Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AWRE
Aware
0.8981 of 5 stars
$1.55
-6.1%
N/A+6.5%$32.86M$18.24M-4.3180Short Interest ↑
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.9363 of 5 stars
$58.96
-5.2%
$61.50
+4.3%
+13.9%$234.89B$53.80B25.3190,400Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9835 of 5 stars
$171.58
-0.3%
$206.57
+20.4%
+14.7%$189.77B$38.96B19.0049,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.6233 of 5 stars
$189.33
+0.9%
$200.85
+6.1%
+7.4%$124.14B$8.03B49.2715,289Options Volume
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.7032 of 5 stars
$468.54
-2.2%
$504.88
+7.8%
+42.0%$78.32B$9.98B51.3321,000Positive News
FFIV
F5
4.3564 of 5 stars
$261.78
-4.1%
$251.25
-4.0%
+62.1%$15.31B$2.82B27.336,557Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.7762 of 5 stars
$38.71
-0.8%
$39.25
+1.4%
-6.0%$12.82B$5.56B50.933,374Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
News Coverage
Trading Halted
CIEN
Ciena
4.405 of 5 stars
$75.59
-21.8%
$77.00
+1.9%
+54.3%$10.71B$4.01B132.208,657Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:KVHI) was last updated on 1/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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